Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Snapshots of Tug Hill

Abandoned barns and houses,
Shattered timbers on crumbling walls,
Ruins of pastoral life.

Piles of dirty snow,
On sheltered north slopes,
Remnants of the winter past.

Clumps of brilliant daffodils,
In the middle of nowhere,
Random or planned once upon a time.

Unimaginable mélange,
Junk scattered about a yard,
Relics of forgotten lives.

The fragrance of wood smoke,
Wafting up from chimneys,
Relief from the morning chill.

Gentle streams through fields,
Plunging down hillsides become
Raging torrents of spring.

Horse-drawn Amish buggies,
Plodding on the shoulder
Remembrances of pastoral life.


Riding on Tug Hill.


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