I would like to know the exact title of a poem about river running;
it's (approximately) called "The Ballad of Belle Zavour"

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Request for Question Clarification by justaskscott-ga on 21 May 2003 19:03 PDT

Were the words "river running" actually in the poem?  Do you recall
any other words?  Also, are you certain that it was the "ballad" of
something?  Any details you can provide (where you heard it, what else
you know about it) might be helpful.

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Clarification of Question by rangersix-ga on 21 May 2003 20:12 PDT

I heard the poem read while I was on a Grand Canyon rafting trip. The
words "river" and "running" are found throughout, although maybe not
in combination. The poem---I'm not sure about "ballad"--- concerns a
young boy who dedicates his life to running the most dangerous rapid
of all "Belle Zavour"(?? ?)

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 21 May 2003 21:40 PDT

I have not been able to find the poem, but I've found references that
lead me to believe that the rapid in question is "Belle Zabor":

"After dinner and everything was cleaned and put away he read us a
wonderful poem about an infamous rapid and the tragedies of the men
who were lured into trying to run it. This rapid is named after the
daughter of the settler who discovered it and who was the first to be
claimed by its treacherous waters; Belle Zabor."

http://fisher-of-man.com/adad.html

"I ran rivers with my buddies as a passengers that I am reluctant to
run with my family. When I was in the IK, there was this overwhelming
attitude at times that whatever I choose to do is okay as long as I
was willing to accept the consequences.

I too hear the siren's song of the Belle Zabor.  I sit on overlooks
and look down into rapids imagining how I would satisfy this
evolutional desire to engineer my course through the challenges of
nature."

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=19990925135114.12285.00000636%40ngol03.aol.com&oe=UTF-8&output=gplain