This Poem was Submitted By: Irene E Fraley On Date: 2004-05-27 14:41:52 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Squam

She calls me at this time of year  with thoughts of the scent of pine, smoke from wood burning in morning fireplaces, water lapping on the boulders  at flagstaff point, the new plantings in front of the longhouse, and above all, the beautiful cry of the loon. There is a pair of loons that swims along the shore of Deephaven,  entering the bight to display  their harlequin plumage, diving  under if a canoe slips alongside, swimming with a beauty equal  to the flight of an albatross. I picture her in the early morning mist. The wind is beginning to ruffle  her surface, pines whispering to her in greeting.  Here there lives magic in the scent of the water,  the pine needle carpet.  Here there is joy  in the laughter of children, the comfortable buzz of conversation  in the dining room besides the bight. How I long to be there to comfort my heart, to refresh my work weary spirit. Soon it will be June. Winter snows will be replaced by spring's green; Summer's hot winds will blow sailboats across her restless surface.  Rain will come storming over Rattlesnake Mountain and I shall cross the miles once more returning to my heart's home.  

Copyright © May 2004 Irene E Fraley

Additional Notes:
My vacation is getting closer, and I am impatient to return to New Hampshire.


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