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'''''West-Running Brook''''' is a poetry collection by [[Robert Frost]], written in 1923 and published by [[Henry Holt and Company]] in 1928, containing [[woodcut]] illustrations by [[J. J. Lankes]].

The title of the poem that the volume is named by has been called very significant. Where the poem takes place ([[Derry, New Hampshire]]), due to its location near the coast, all rivers flow towards the ocean except for West Running Brook (a real brook), which goes westward making itself unique. In the same way, the poet trusts himself to go by contraries.<ref name="R. F. Dietrich">{{Citationcite journal |last1=Dietrich |first1=R. F. |title=The Contrary Mr. Frost of "West-Running Brook" |journal=University of Dayton Review needed|date=1 December 20231985 |volume=17 |issue=3 |url=https://ecommons.udayton.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1506&context=udr |access-date=11 February 2024}}</ref>

Because of this book, Robert Frost is called "Home-Spun Philosopher".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bogan |first1=Louise |title=Achievement in American poetry |date=1951 |publisher=Regnery |location=Chicago |pages=49-50}}</ref>