vermont

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old yards, train hist'ry,
weeds and granite, fresh coffee -
white river junction
(5-10)






hiking in the greens,
she steps between bear and cub -
moment's grace prevails
(5-13)





small-town fourth parade,
a texan learns - vermont too
was once a country
(5-13)





fam'ly in bristol,
deep ponds on the new haven
cleanse her of judgment
(11-13)





farmer slows down, miffed
by august big city traffic -
streets of rutland
(5-10)





kingdom soil's rocky -
but those kids got something from
their back forty
(12-13)





stowe maid's illusions,
she says, like those ginkgo leaves -
lost 'm all in one day
(12-13)





through hiker in greens -
somehow stopped seeing colors
't thirty miles a day
(2-14)






climbs up into greens,
flees raked leaves, small town, old flame
for th'nomad's campfire
(5-10)





stowe ski holiday
interrupted - car off road,
flipped over on skis
(1-07)






wintered at stowe f'years,
didn't know how cold it was
'til his tire went flat
(12-13)




northeast kingdom roads
look alike, snow on signs, wound
up in canada...
(9-05)






fifty years milking
vermont cows - goes south one march
and has heart attack
(8-05)





fresh maple syrup,
she gives him rutland's finest -
in french, stammered praise
(5-13)





mud season farmer
asked if he knows which way to
Barre, says just "yes"
(3-10)

stopped in montpelier -

this dusty boxcar, refuge

from constant june rains

(1-15)

kingdom wanderer
crossed border by accident,
spent june explaining
(1-12)




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