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7/24/2025, Three Options in 1 Contest, Constance La France

Sometimes, you leave and go back to your childhood home. It is like returning to Kansas from Oz. I never realized how beautiful it is, where I grew up. Both, "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle" were written by Washington Irving. He wrote of the Catskills (-kills refers to water, like other places Peekskill and Kaaterskill). Rip Van Winkle fell asleep for 20 years and in the Sleepy Hollow story, there is a headless horseman lobbing off heads. Irving was a great storyteller.

Idyllic Hudson Valley, New York …Lord of Rings’ shire. A vineyard, filled with rich and famous names. I’m pleased to be impressed by the artists, as they surrender idyllic charm with paint. Emerald green; delicious apple bites, wind chimes through the pines, mountains of Catskill. The headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow - to drink, deep, the forests of Van Winkle. Freedom fostered in cobblestone and -kills. Small town parades, fireworks at Vanderbilt’s.

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Malabika Ray Choudhury

Date: 7/26/2025 3:10:00 PM

Dear Kim, you penned a gorgeous poem with memories of your childhood home. Very interestingly I picked the same topic and wrote about the country I was born.

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 7/26/2025 3:23:00 PM

Awesome! Thank you!

Valsa George

Date: 7/25/2025 11:09:00 PM

Beautiful poetry! Enjoyed the idyllic beauty of the Hudson valley and the paintings of artists in that area.

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 7/26/2025 6:15:00 AM

Thank you, Valsa!

David Crandall

Date: 7/25/2025 11:40:00 AM

I really enjoyed this. I've never been there, but Washington Irving's stories captured my imagination, and charmed me. A few months ago I checked out a book of his short stories, and left it on top of my car, and lost it, and paid the library $17 (TMI), but anyway, very nice - loved your depiction. Maybe I live there in another life.

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 7/25/2025 12:42:00 PM

Wow, that’s crazy, David! I used to work at the library as a part time tech. After retiring, I accidentally pushed a book toward a wet tea bag. They were kind enough just to charge me for restocking. I am always so careful! Thank you! Perhaps you will try again…lol

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 7/25/2025 5:30:00 AM

I have written a poem on the subject but not yet posted it. Ten lines seem so short. Yet you wrote a pleasant entry for the contest. Wishing you the best of luck. Hugs.

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 7/25/2025 7:14:00 AM

Looking forward to reading it!

Gershon Wolf

Date: 7/24/2025 7:28:00 PM

I am almost sure that the recollection is much better than the lived reality. And that's ok...

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 7/25/2025 7:16:00 AM

When you vacation you get more out of a place. My parents were not explorers. :)

Sara Etgen-Baker

Date: 7/24/2025 5:15:00 PM

a lovely read, truly. a great contest entry. Best wishes with the contest, hugs, Sara

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 7/24/2025 5:28:00 PM

Thank you, Sara! We will see!

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 7/24/2025 3:47:00 PM

It truly must be idyllic. I love those stores by Washington Irving. Great little poem, Kim

Kim Rodrigues
Date: 7/24/2025 4:35:00 PM

Thank you, Andrea!