The following 5 pictures are of Pok-o-moonshine Mountain in the Adirondacks, which I pass on my way to and from Albany each week. It is my favorite spot along that route, especially on the way back home, since it tells me I have about 15-20 minutes left until I make it home. It is so welcoming a sight that I was inspired to write a poem about it, which follows the pictures below. The mountain and its foothills are the most pretty in Fall and it was falltime a few years ago when I conceived the idea for these lines of verse. Although these pictures were taken on the way down to Albany a few weeks ago, it is the return trip which offers the most breathtaking view because, as you are coming north and down from the eastern and northern foothills of the mountain along the bald face of the cliffs, you get to see the entire expanse of Butternut Pond (a view much more beautiful than what my picture of it offers). (I understand that Baldface Mountain is another name for Poko, at least that's what the map at work shows.) So the pictures below are the views as seen in order from the southernmost edge of the cliffs to the northernmost view of the pond. Tell me it is not awe-inspiring!
Passing Pok-o-moonshineMy guidepost in the Rondacks fair
lead me home again
along the gray and winding path
through dale and hill and glen.
A loving friend lay at your knee
mirroring your form.
Chaste Butternut, her surface calm,
beneath the brewing storm.
You gaze at her, with chiseled look.
Stern, your countenance.
But soften as you see in her
your rigid governance.
She is your one and only love
biding all the while.
Beneath the falling autumn leaves,
she'll win your every trial.
The two shall never cease to be
companions e'ermore.
For who can quell what's in your souls
which none hath heretofore?
7 comments:
Dang, Michele...that is incredibly good poetry!! It has lyrical twists and turns that remind me of the beauty of the Saranac River itself. Nicely done.
thanks keith. an isolated moment of inspiration. :)
how are one and all in your neck of the woods? what are you doing for thanksgiving?
Karen and Les are going to Dad's and Inge's and will meet Deb there. I initially had intended to go, but Myrtle Maddix (the Jon's mom) is very ill with cancer. So it won't do to be far away just now. I am scheduled for a 1/2 shift that day and may just work it, since I have no definite plans. If so, then I think I will get together with the people who are working that day to plan a sort of potluck night at work. That way we all celebrate even though we're working.
Oh, and, your comment was just as poetic as my poem. :)
you can see others i've written at the web address on the main page for the blog...if you care to.
Happy Belated Birthday, Keith!!! Hope you had a good one!
Anonymous (at least this case) means me!!
Yes...this neglectful sister, forgot her brother's birthday this year. Oops...sorry Keith, but happy birthday. That "anonymous" must be one of us...although who, we can only guess because they didn't i.d. themselves!
That's the hazard of multi-tasking...I forgot to put my name on the "Happy Birthday" wish...now it should be a "Happy Belated Thanksgiving" and a "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year"
Love to all!
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