Sunday, September 15, 2013

The Moon's Shadow!




Moon’s Shadow

Stargazers watch the swirling sky,
As dots of light go rolling by.
The sky’s dark envelope closes overhead,
As we watch in wonder and delight;
For the moon, our very fickle friend,
Will dance a dance for us tonight.
Shimmering, glimmering, moving but still,
As we lie on our backs at the top of a hill,
Dancing and prancing across the velvet sky,
The star show for us goes gaily by.

Hours pass, the night is still,
As we sit on our perch above the hill.
So beautiful and so hard to believe
That it's with a mere shadow you deceive.
Then slowly you pull the mask from your face,
And again bathe the earth with your silvery grace.

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

The Seward House still stands tall!

Seward House

The sage of Auburn lived here,
Among the books and fine adornments.
Was Miller’s home for many years,
Filled with history and refinements.

Scene of dinners, fetes and friends
Who ruled New York in years past.
Weed, an honored often guest,
As well as all the famous rest.

Monday, September 2, 2013

A Stone fireplace...at site of a CCC Camp!



CCC camp at McDonough



It is silent there now,
No sound, no sound.
I heard a faint call of a bird…
It seemed so far away.

Where men once worked,
And learned a trade,
And helped to make a way!

The forest stands as a monument,
To the men who planted trees;
They were a force of hope and growth,
Those men of the CCC!