Best Shenandoah Poems

...His years spanned 1908-1997
reaching the grand age of 89
played many a character in his life
giving each one his special shine

My memories of Jimmy Stewart
goes back many a year for me
'Dear ......

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...White Lighting Moonshine

drinking 160 proof white lighting moonshine
by the light of the silvery moon
the evening breeze moving through the oak trees
makes me happy
in the Shenandoah Valley 
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...John Denver Tribute 1-31-25
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Troubadour

Annie’s song rings maroon bells
Sung in gratitude by a country boy
As snowflakes celebra......

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...TRAIN – 1958

On a warm summer evening
at North Philadelphia Station
the 6:19 on track three, the "Spirit
of Saint Louis-Limited" from Penn Station
New York, Newark and Trenton bound for
Thirt......

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...I knew you were a big boy,
right from the start.
I took you home,and into
my heart.

You kept all the dogs,out
of my yard.
Being on a chain,must
have been hard.

You were so loveable,
and ......

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...Do clouds rapidly flee chased by icy gulls?
Is something more horrifying about to happen?
A frightening squall is descending to Earth,
the airways are free of fowls and raptors,
mothers rescue th......

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...
I tried to write a song like John Denver would have done
Thought the way to do it was to emulate each one
Went to Colorado for a Rocky Mountain High
Found heaven near Shenandoah, but inspiration......

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...There I was paddling my vessel
Beneath the daughter of the stars
In the canoe capital of Virginia

Eyes void of that light that brings
The villagers about the fire at the
Crisp of winter pendin......

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...NATURAL BRIDGE

Saturday morning in Lynchburg, Virginia I headed
to Natural Bridge, a natural arch considered as one
of natural wonders and a National Historic Landmark.
It is a limestone gorge ......

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...I took my bike on Amtrak, got off at Charlottesville.
Climbed up to the Blue Ridge parkway, the first of many a hill.
I met a Canadian Carpenter as I got closer to N.C.
He was cycling alone; his w......

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...My baby died this
morning.
It happened so fast,
without any warning.

Mugsy woke us up,and
we found you on the floor.
You wouldn't even get up,
and come out the door.

We rushed you to the
......

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...Mervin's room via Jackson Hewitt, Lake Huron

My dear Nay few!
My dear shenanigan floating near Shenandoah
Let us make a trip itinerary around the upcoming December
For the longest word where sh......

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...Between Blue Ridge Mountains and Chesapeake Bay
Almost eight and a half million people here do sashay,
One of the original colonies, back in the settlers’ day,
Part of the American Revolution, Vir......

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...Not lost, but merely seek,
knowledge and understanding.
Both of the natural world and
my mind’s space and time.

What insignificant thoughts will
push worries away,
occupying that space,
and ......

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...248 (eman dine tare bala jay)

On a day like this, perhaps,we may hum along the river Shenandoah , carefree  
On a day whence it rains to reign a full swing, even though unpredictable, the longest......

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