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Tag Archives: poem
2017 — New Hampshire’s Hourglass Has Turned
The hourglass has turned; the last few sands That marked the Old Year now have slipped away, And in his outstretched hand the New Year holds The future of a twelvemonth’s span. Then hail New Year! We bid thee welcome. … Continue reading
Poem: The Thanksgiving Dinner by Laura Garland Carr
Old Farmer Humpkins gathered his pumpkins Into a heap by the banks of a river. Chanticleer Dorking that way was stalking Like a drum-major, with plumes all a-quiver. Through corn-stalk thickets, scaring the crickets, Twenty fine biddies were following after; … Continue reading
The Old Man’s Little Brother: a Rock Profile in Milton, New Hampshire
New Hampshire’s Old Man may have fallen, but his younger brother still smiles upon the land. He has kept a lower, more reclusive profile. He was never keen on having people stare at him all day. He sits in a … Continue reading
2016: The 8th Annual Great Genealogy Poetry Challenge
Each year for the past seven, genealogist bloggers have been invited to post a bit of poetry about a region, historical event, legend, or a person related to one of their ancestors. If you would like to participate, you can … Continue reading
Posted in Carnivals and Memes, History, New Hampshire Women, Personal History, Poetry
Tagged annual, challenge, Elinor, Hampshire, Isles, new, New Hampshire, NH, poem, poetry, Shoals, Urin, Vrin, welcome, Wellcomb
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Poem: “The Song of a River” by Sam Walter Foss
I Hear my song of a river, Its calm and its strife; ‘Tis the song of a river, The song of a life. Afar amid benignant hills in caverns of deep shade, ‘Neath rippling arches of cool leaves, within a … Continue reading