Old Hard’ack Hill

Barren and worn down do the trails still snake
Wind through the woods topping old Hard’ack hill
Where once seashores stood unearthed clamshells break
Reborn from the frost down a hillside spill

Give me an hour or give me a whole day
Sit on a rock left from past glacial till
Sunup to sundown many shadows play
High above heard cry is a hawk’s high shrill

A view from ledges of valley below
Rocky island surrounded by dry land
A boyhood dream with a desire to know
Leads back to this place again and again

A place where ancient Native spirits roam
Where nature abounds, this place I call home
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Posted: Feb 2012
About this poem:
In this sonnet I reflect how in familiar New England woods remains a childhood playground where my imagination still marvels over the discoveries made over many years.

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Odette67
A view from ledges of valley below
Rocky island surrounded by dry land
A boyhood dream with a desire to know
Leads back to this place again and again



Hi Yankee,

Your beautiful poetry paints a lovely picture of life in your country...Thank you for sharing.purple heart
Redex
Such beautiful words and I can see how you still marvel at all nature has to offer us.teddybear
Yankee4you
Odette, That is perhaps our greatest challenge writing poetry, it is really all about how others experience what we write not how we experience it neccessarily....and that's what makes it so challenging because I know so well what I see and hear and experience....hopefully not too well to miss anything...which is what this poem is about....
Maxeen_1
Old Hard’ack Hill by: Yankee4you
~A view from ledges of valley below
Rocky island surrounded by dry land
A boyhood dream with a desire to know
Leads back to this place again and again
A place where ancient Native spirits roam
Where nature abounds, this place I call home
...............
Wonderful contented write-that says this place is a place you call home..again and again were nature aboundsgift hug
Fellsman
Hi Yankee

This is another terrific sonnet from your pen - and you have the happy knack of making your part of the USA sound especially inviting.

A most enjoyable read.

Bill cheers
jazzy75
Lovely sonnet and what a special place! Thanks for sharing...I felt like I made a visit tooteddybear
Jock_Watt
Aye, a nature lesson guising as a poem, a braw write the noo. professor
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