Alice Oswald's 'Dart' is a journey of voices, a poetic voyage that captures the essence of the River Dart in Devon, England. For three years, Oswald chronicled the words of those who interact with the river in their everyday lives—a tapestry interwoven with the variegated threads of human existence. From a poacher's surreptitious tales to a ferryman's daily rhythms, from a sewage worker's hidden labors to a milk worker's routine, the river's story unfolds. The narrators of 'Dart' are as diverse as the river itself, their idiolect as rich and flowing. Interspersed with these personal narratives are whispers from history and myth, echoes of drowned and dreaming voices that serve as ethereal waypoints on this lyrical sojourn from source to sea.