We have shown our visitor a number of sights over the past week, and on Sunday the Byrne Valley and Valley of a Thousand Hills were on the list. I was rather pleased with the picture I took of the latter, so I have written a poem to go with it. Hopefully, this one isn’t in the Really Awful Rhyme category, but fits the Earth Day nature/pastoral theme for Day 22 on NaPoWriMo.
The Valley of a Thousand Hills:
This vista of delight
Breathtakingly one’s spirit fills,
And its tranquillity instils,
When viewed from lofty height,
The fancy that the hills must be
Outstretching to infinity
In beauteous sublimity
Beyond the range of sight.
An outlook of a thousand shades,
Nor, ever, quite the same,
Each mood-shift one of many grades,
At height of day or when light fades,
When dimmed or when aflame;
In misty moonlight glow empearled,
Or spring-shades verdantly unfurled,
This fairyland of Nature’s world
Deserves undying fame.
© Colonialist April 2013 (WordPress)
Beautiful, Col, both your image and words are pulling me in.
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Comment much appreciated!
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lovely lovely
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It is, it is!
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Perfect poem and photo for Earth Day! Truly awesome–both! 🙂
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Thank you most kindly!
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What a sweet rhyme for such a stunning looking place…..wonderful
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Thank you for such a nice comment!
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Very awesome photo and poem.
I remember asking my Mom once, where the Valley of the Thousand Hills was (while we were on holiday) and she said: “Kat, you are looking at it. You are in it.” It obviously was a very embarrassing moment for me. 🙂
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Shouldn’t have been embarrassed – the title IS a bit fanciful, however spectacular the view may be from certain points!
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Your poem captured the essence of the Valley of a Thousand Hills so beautifully Col
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I am gratified that you feel that it does so!
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Indeed a sight worthy of a poem Col 😉
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*all worried* But the poem isn’t worthy of the sight? 🙂
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Och, go on with ye!!!
Both the poem and the sight – fit each other beautifully!!
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🙂
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What a lovely sight and poem Col. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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Really happy that you like them!
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beautiful (words and vista 🙂 )
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It is an inspiring vista!
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Gorgeous post, pic, and poem, Col! Very other worldly ~ the land before time.
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Thank you. Gorgeous scene, isn’t it?
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Breathtaking!
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An un-awful poem to go with a stunning picture 🙂
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*phew* I’m glad you consider it un-awful!
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I love your hymn to this beauteous place, Col.
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Thanks! – wasn’t it lucky that after I had written it I found it fitted the theme for today?
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