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Secret Streams and Waterfalls

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Published: 28th June 2021

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My wife and I recently returned to a place we often visited when we first met.

far from the madding roads and cars this green and pleasant land of ours conceals beyond its dry stone walls secret streams and waterfalls where stepping stones dyed green by moss lie half submerged and reach across to distant fields of eighties' skies where grazing sheep still vocalize and move away as we both pass along 'our path' across the grass rekindling memories as it weaves of long lost bonfires burning leaves towards a place called yesterday: 'over the hills - and far away'.

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Heidi Sands

Date: 3/25/2023 10:02:00 AM

Congratulations for your win. I enjoyed this :)

Gary Radice
Date: 3/29/2023 2:21:00 PM

Thank you Heidi. It's based in the English Lake District. Cheers - Gary

Kabutha Hempstone

Date: 3/25/2023 7:18:00 AM

Your poem was a joy to read.

Gary Radice
Date: 3/25/2023 7:57:00 AM

So were your comments Kabutha. :) Thank you. Cheers - Gary

Joanna Daniel

Date: 3/25/2023 7:16:00 AM

This is awesome, Gary, congratulations:)

Gary Radice
Date: 3/25/2023 7:59:00 AM

Thanks so much Joanna. It's one of my least read - if the stats are anything to go by - but one I'm particularly fond of. Cheers - Gary

Sara Kendrick

Date: 11/3/2021 9:52:00 AM

I like this one. I like those unbeaten paths for us who like a little solitude along the way. I enjoyed reading this one. Your visit to my page delighted me. Sara

Gary Radice
Date: 11/3/2021 9:57:00 AM

Thank you Sara. As Ann and I get older and the world gets louder and faster we often turn towards walking through those fields past the secret streams and waterfalls whenever we can. Cheers - Gary

Ann Peck

Date: 9/25/2021 2:47:00 PM

Gary, I love the beautiful pastoral, but my ears (eyes?) perked up about the "80s' skies" "...towards our world of yesterday." Your poems stir memories so beautifully. :)

Gary Radice
Date: 9/25/2021 3:54:00 PM

Thanks Ann. I think it helps that I have a good long term memory (my short term memory isn't so good) and when I write I put myself back in the picture, take a look around and write about all that I see around me. Cheers - Gary

Terry Flood

Date: 6/30/2021 1:26:00 PM

Wonderful, Gary. As a lifelong fisherman, I love the countryside but add water and it’s my paradise. Your poem puts me in mind of many places that I’ve called home, particularly North Yorkshire and right here on the Isle of Wight. Think I might just read it again.... Terry

Gary Radice
Date: 6/30/2021 2:04:00 PM

Thanks Terry. The older I get the more I appreciate the countryside. I love finding freezing cold streams and waterfalls and just watching them flow to wherever. I'm glad you like the poem. Cheers - Gary

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 6/29/2021 12:41:00 PM

- Sounds like a beautiful and pristine place, Gary - A dreamy and beautiful poem :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Gary Radice
Date: 6/29/2021 12:50:00 PM

Thank you Anne-Lise :) It is but I have to say when we first visited (35 years ago) we managed to run up the very steep hillside next to the waterfall towards the tarn (lake)..it was more of a very very slow walk this time :) Cheers - Gary

Geoffrey Brewer

Date: 6/29/2021 8:20:00 AM

Soft pastoral verses with pleasing rhymes to calm and delight the the mind. Lovely simplicity, Gary.

Gary Radice
Date: 6/29/2021 11:37:00 AM

Thank you Geoffrey. I'm so pleased you described the poem as "Lovely Simplicity"..Those words describe to a tee what I was hoping to capture with this poem. Cheers - Gary

Tom Cunningham

Date: 6/28/2021 11:54:00 AM

Sounds a lovely place Gary, is it in the lake district by any chance. Tom

Gary Radice
Date: 6/28/2021 12:09:00 PM

It is in the Lake District Tom... Not so secret if you count the thousands of others who must frequent there too :) Cheers - Gary

L Milton Hankins

Date: 6/28/2021 11:19:00 AM

Ah, this is simply lovely, Gary. Enjoyed it immensely. It flowed so nicely, like the secret streams.

Gary Radice
Date: 6/28/2021 11:27:00 AM

Milt, it's always a pleasure to read your comments. Thank you. I almost didn't post this thinking it a little personal for others' tastes..but..hey..I'm so glad I did. :) Cheers - Gary

Rama Balasubramanian

Date: 6/28/2021 10:58:00 AM

Great imagery. Wonderful memories of yesteryears. Such memories are never forgotten. Lovely poem. Enjoyed reading

Gary Radice
Date: 6/28/2021 11:03:00 AM

Thank you Rama. Sometimes poems just write themselves - like this one did. :) Cheers - Gary

Jenna Logan

Date: 6/28/2021 10:49:00 AM

Your memories are beautifully expressed, and you must have enjoyed making more on this trip. One you will always recall.

Gary Radice
Date: 6/28/2021 10:58:00 AM

Hi Jenna. Thank you for your lovely comments. We may change. The world may change - yet some places don't change at all..Well.. other than the car park charges :) Cheers - Gary