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SEASONAL PLACES
SEASONAL PLACES
Spring is found in the Lowland valleys with gowan-filled braes of Scotland
When the early-reaching flowers bloom in cool freshness, and
The air is bracing and always new-washed-glass clean -
With the Ochils in the background green,
Willing us, begging us -- Go to the heather hills, please !
Around Ben Lomond, they perfume the breeze
With memories of Bruce and Wallace
And feel young in our face.
Summer is a thousand-mile southbound road trip heading
To Yellowstone through Montana and Wyoming,
With 104F degree air gushing in the vent,
And dinner in the Angel Inn, where we went
For a chicken smorgasbord snack
And a cool six pack.
Autumn is a Saskatchewan garden with leaves singing,
Tenacious against a hissing wind; and clinging
Above the grass, feeling the snow-chilled bite,
Anticipating a coming gown of white.
Winter is everything dead:
Gateshead.
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Notes
Gowan = small daisy-like flower
Brae = riverbank
Ochils = Ochil Hills, a lovely upland part of the Forth Valley
Bruce and Wallace = famous Scots heroes in history
Angel Inn is near Casper, WY
Gateshead = dreadful UK industrial town - do not visit it.
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