I close my eyes,
And you and I
Are walking in the Winter rain,
And there beside the Susquehanna,
My arms are holding you again
As I walk on,
My body feels
Warm breezes blowing as I lead
Your eager hands through darkened woods,
Where we make love to sounds of Spring
I stop to rest,
And then I see
The bright sun shining in the park,
Where you and I embrace once more,
Before I have to disembark.
Nobody should be afraid of a creature called a "hellbender".
It's a big amphibian related to the salamander.
If you see one in a river, there's no need for alarm.
This is a gentle creature that can do you no harm.
They inhabit some rivers in eastern North America,
A good portion of them are found in the Susquehanna.
This is a river that flows through Maryland and Pennsylvania.
This species was undeserving of its name.
They are almost endangered, and that is a shame.
I thank wikipedia.org for valuable information I obtained to write this poem.
The Erie Lackawanna.
Was a friendly mamma!
The friendly service route.
Ran across the Southern Tier of New York.
Then across the Susquehanna.
Choo Choo went the train.
Down along the lower part of the state.
The great flood of 72...
Caused a bankrupt attitude, to date.
Now the tracks, they lay at rest.
Silencing all..by whos rails they quest..
Railroad Poem By Kim Robin Edwards
Copyright 2009,2014..
All rights reserved..
This was the first of its kind in history.
However, nobody was killed here, thankfully.
We were just able to avoid a great catastrophe.
A nuclear power plant is situated in Pennsylvania.
It lies on an island on the river called Susquehanna.
Supplying electricity to the region is its chore.
The river water is needed to cool the nuclear reactor core.
A malfunction led to a partial core meltdown.
Increased radioactivity could have threatened a nearby town.
This is one of the dangers of modern technology.
There could be a high price paid by you and me.
Thanks to wikipedia.org online encyclopedia for information
I obtained to write this poem.
The Susquehanna
flows right through Luzerne County
that's where I grew up
Reborn, a Christian fallacy
dreams that have haunted me
left handed, what a shame
someone has to bear the blame
a teddy bear that never speaks
guards the child from attic squeaks
goulish figures of a mothers glow
a fallen angel I never did know
applesauce and mustard bread
free cheese, the government said
mice dined, making it swiss
tasty morsels of sweet bliss
the susquehanna, we dove in
reliving Huckleberry Finn
pirates of pennies, poor as hell
rich in imagination, an everflowing well
milk crated wagons, with skate wheels
coats of reds, and hubbed teals
discarded paint, the color of choice
a smooth ride with a rugged voice
raiding gardens, tomato fights
the guilty exposed, under the lights
pasted innocent faces shook with fear
only to plot again the following year
camping trips in mountains so vast
became tented bedrooms shadows cast
but the stories told, will remain history
because for many of us, that was family
and those were the days...............
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