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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: NEW YORK STATE Matches Found: 371 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` 2:00 A.M., by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: She awoke in the night and thought about dying Last Line: And go back to sleep Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life A PICTURE: VALLEY OF CATSKILL RIVER NORTH OF THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS, by JAMES GATES PERCIVAL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The glories of a clouded moonlit night Last Line: Can only bow before them and adore. Subject(s): Catskill River, New York State; Landscape ABANDONED ROAD, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The wheel ruts scarred the bedrock here and there Last Line: A road that leads to nowhere for no reason Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life ABOUT WRITING AND PUBLISHING, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: There's more to writing poetry than you think Last Line: It might be better Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life AFTER FROST, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The katydids and crickets had Last Line: The judgment day Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life AFTER HURRICANE HUGO, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I'm picking up wood from the lawn Last Line: Where we slept Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life AFTER MANY A GARDEN, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: After many a summer flies the swan Last Line: Is still trying Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life AGAIN THE TREE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The tree was chosen by the boy and dog Last Line: Its lights are hope. Even the sad heart lifts! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life ALMOST, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I had almost forgotten the smell of november Last Line: But I had almost forgotten Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life ALONE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: It twists my heart to walk alone Last Line: Now pull my heart strings like a tether Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life ALONE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: She stitched the remnants of her life Last Line: And wondered why she'd never known Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life ALPHABET FOR INSOMNIACS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: When I can't sleep Last Line: Praise be! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life AMERICA WAS PROMISES, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: America was promises Last Line: America kept its promises to you Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life ANDREW RAN PAST ME, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Andrew ran past me yesterday Last Line: I know that life is good, hard - got Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life ANNIVERSARY, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The day approaches Last Line: And I must grieve Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life ANNIVERSARY, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The years slipped by as easily Last Line: With a shared look and the word unspoken Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life ANTIQUE SHOP, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: There is an attic air about the place Last Line: The shrewd horse - trader gleam that's in her eye! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life ANY QUESTIONS?, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Who wound the clock that set the galaxies in Last Line: Questions seek the unknown Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life APPLE TREES, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The smell of winter apples in a bin Last Line: The red heartwood burned with a steady flame Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life APRIL CONVERSATION, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: She pressed the seed in the april ground Last Line: Who put the life in the little brown seed? Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life APRIL FOOL, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I'll always be an april kind of fool Last Line: The world is young. A fool in april knows Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life AT PINAFORE HOUSE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Ruffles and lace and furbelows Last Line: Little girls have grown up, and the days are long Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life AT THE DARK BANQUET, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: At the dark banquet, who shall be fed? Last Line: The importunate living? The accusing dead? Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life AT THE SUPERMARKET, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Fields in a basket, glowing and green Last Line: Weighed in a scale by the measured pound! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life AT WINTER SOLSTICE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Dream, dream slow dreams Last Line: And darkness melting like a drift of snow Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life AUNT ANNIE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: She was death on germs and spiders Last Line: But she listened when I talked Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life AUTUMN, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Golden and warm the summer rivers ran Last Line: To last them through the season of the dark Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life AUTUMN WALK, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Walk out of summer. Step into fall Last Line: Walk out of summer. Step into fall Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life AWAKENING, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Just when the day seemed drab Last Line: And a gleaming gem of sand Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life BACKSIDES OF HOUSES, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Backsides of houses don't pretend Last Line: And sandboxes bulge with buried treasure Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life BALLAD OF THE TANNERY WITCH, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Jim backman wed the black haired maid Last Line: The stump was raw and red! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life BANQUET, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Dine on the dictionary Last Line: For daily fare Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life BARN CAT, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The barn cat always greets you at the stable door Last Line: That a lady is a lady, no matter where she lives Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life BEAUTY TREATMENT, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The meadow is dowdy in its faded brown Last Line: Is a delicate powdering of snow! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life BEE PASTURE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Here there is pasture for the sun struck bees Last Line: Spread thickly on his crusty home baked bread Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life BEFORE THE DELUGE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I am tired of the rain Last Line: Forgive me if I, too, hesitate and wonder Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life BEFORE THE STORM, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The trees are wringing their anxious hands Last Line: Before the great sky river flows Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life BESIDE THE MOUNTAIN, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Living beside the mountain all my life Last Line: The mountain still will bulk against the sky Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life BIRD TREE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Nuthatch and titmouse and purple finch Last Line: Blossom here while tulips sleep Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life BIRDS OF A FEATHER, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Swirl of black in the back yard Last Line: Around blue shoulders of the sky Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life BIRTHDAY LINES FOR OCTOBER'S CHILD, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: October's the month of frost and flame Last Line: I'm glad that you were born! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life BIRTHDAY SONG, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Now that you're one, going on two Last Line: Now that you're one, going on two! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life BIRTHDAY VERSE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: You have fulfilled my dreams for you Last Line: The years have blessed you Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life BITTERSWEET, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: O bittersweet is the taste of life Last Line: Hold on to the hurrying years Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life BLIZZARD, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: This is a day for knitting mittens Last Line: And school is as far as the milky way! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life BREAD, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: There is an ancient magic in the hands Last Line: Give us this day our daily bread Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life BREAD OF HATHERLEIGH, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: We made a pilgrimage to see the town Last Line: Was what we came to hatherleigh to find Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life BREAKFAST TIME AT THE EAST DELAWARE OUTLET AT LOWE'S CORNERS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Switches click, gates open and water pushes through Last Line: They go Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life BRIGHT HARVEST, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: These fields are not so poor as one might think Last Line: On these wide fields where beauty always grows! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life BROOK LULLABY, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Sleep, the sound of singing water Last Line: Swinging over the singing brook Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life BY EARTH RESTORED, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: From grime and bitterness of city street Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life BY SQUATTER'S RIGHTS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I claim this lovely Last Line: These years Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life CAPE COD - JULY 30, 1984, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The restless water sweeps the sand Last Line: Sandpipers and gulls Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life CELLAR, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: If I could lift the trap door once again Last Line: And smell the cellar breath, remembering Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life CHORE TIME, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The milker's steady hoosh - a - hoosh Last Line: Here in this peaceful place! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life CHURNING THE BUTTER, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The dasher's steady thump goes on and on Last Line: Cool buttermilk is tangy on his tongue Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life CIRCLE ON THE CALENDAR, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: How awful to be certain Last Line: Is harder far to bear Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life CIRCLES - AFTER SEEING IRELAND, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Circles are easiest and earliest to build Last Line: My life lived in circles too Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life CITY OF STONES - 1962 CLARYVILLE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I walk in the city of stones Last Line: Lichened words, once watered with warm tears Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life CLASS 1-A, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The boy is like the awkward, leggy colt Last Line: His hands will ache to hold a plow again Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life CLEANING THE ATTIC, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The room is full of curious ghosts Last Line: As they go up in smoke Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life COLDEST NIGHT, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Cold is a creature who pads and growls Last Line: He will get us all if the red fire dies! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life COMMENCEMENT, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The tired old warriors on the hill Last Line: Give him a better blade to hold! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life COMPOSITION, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Sliced onions, pulled this morning from the row Last Line: Fit for a king, or for the farmer's supper Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life CONFESSION, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I am part pagan Last Line: Who sneaks home from chasing deer Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life CONQUERORS: A PAGE IN HISTORY, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The swath cut by the obsidian blade Last Line: A few coins washed up on a florida beach Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life COUNTRY DOCTOR, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The doctor was an angry man Last Line: I am alive today Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life COUNTRY DUSK, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The wind dies down, and if you Last Line: Meant to be Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life COVERLET, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I would weave words for your first birthday Last Line: A gift to wrap the child I've yet to see Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life CRAZY QUILT - NEW YORK, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Here earth holds pastures, meadows, airports Last Line: Little roads and paths, rail fences and old stone walls Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life CREATION, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: After the long dearth, the fallow time Last Line: The blank page sprouts with the new green words Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life CROSS LOTS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Young johnny burroughs went cross lots to school Last Line: But burroughs wandered cross lots all his days Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life CROSSING THE TAPPAN ZEE BRIDGE IN WINTER, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Cars play a monotonous follow - the - leader Last Line: Clouds swirl up from the whirling wheels Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life DARK PRINCE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: When I was young I knew the dark prince Last Line: Why did you wait so long? Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life DAY IN MAY, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Linda's dresses are billowed wide Last Line: Play - at - home day! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life DAY MY FATHER CRIED, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The day my father cried Last Line: That day my whole world changed Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life DAY THE ALLIGATOR CAME, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I've never been sure what my fence is about Last Line: Any chance to communicate was missed Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life DEATH ON SOUTH HILL, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The old woman lay on the crumpled feather bed Last Line: At the door: if I can help, will you let me know? Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life DECEMBER, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The punctual sun hangs lower now Last Line: And warmth of christmas is heart - whole Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life DECEMBER NIGHT AT RUDOLPH FARM, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: A moonless night Last Line: For the holidays Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life DECEMBER PASTURE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Wintergreen and partridge berry Last Line: This is the lean - ribbed time of year Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life DECEMBER RAIN, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: December rain is like no other rain Last Line: The last ablution of the dying year Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life DECEMBER WALK, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Come with me to the snowy woods Last Line: Will watch us walk in the glistening wood! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life DEER IN THE GARDEN, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Delicate hooves leave cloven prints Last Line: In the april dusk Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life DEER SEASON, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Three does slip from the woods at dawn Last Line: Sudden death Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life DIARIES OF JULIANA, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Not sea harvest or land harvest Last Line: A life I read and live as if it were my own Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life DIGGING POTATOES, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The boy is barefooted in crisp frosty weather Last Line: The earth on his feet and the song in his heart Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life DINOSAUR HUNTER, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: He sees them in the present tense Last Line: A hundred million years or so Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life DISCOVERY, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I never knew what water really meant Last Line: Pounded in me Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life DISPOSSESSED, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Everything comes processed nowadays Last Line: Program. Compute. Respond by rote Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life DISTANT THUNDER, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The distant thunder rolling down the skies Last Line: Our plenty crumbles and our food is dust Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life DOG AT FULL MOON, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The full moon stirs some memory in the dog Last Line: For worlds long - buried he has never known Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life DOWN SUGAR LOAF BROOK, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Walking with the water down sugar loaf brook Last Line: We can't keep up with it Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life DREAM OF LOST CITIES, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: A dream of cities Last Line: Waiting to be found Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life DRINK OF WATER AT THE SPRING, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: He kneels before the never - failing spring Last Line: And just as sure to find again the source Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life DRIVER, 1941 MODEL, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: How long before cars reach the heights Last Line: And knew more than the car! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life DRY SPELL, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The summer pasture shrivels in the heat Last Line: The poor relations, blossom endlessly! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life EDEN-STRANGE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Things move and change and take on varying shapes Last Line: It's eden - strange Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life EDUCATION, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: His thoughts fall neatly into patterns now Last Line: Like toads and diamonds in a fairy tale Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life EMPTY NEST, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Sedate the house and quiet now Last Line: I think that I could work Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life ENGINEER, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The small boy, intent, with pants rolled knee high Last Line: The creek went on talking. It would have the last %word Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life ESCAPE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: We saw a doe at friendly dusk Last Line: The soul a breathing space Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life EVERY TIME I ROLL UP TOWELS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Every time I put away towels Last Line: Or wilt lettuce, I remember Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life EXILE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: How well he knew the geography of the land Last Line: Like ranks of firewood he had helped to stack Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life EXPEDITION, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The ants came marching in perfect order Last Line: They'll send another expedition tomorrow Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life EXPERIENCE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: When I was young, I wrote of death Last Line: I wept, and could not say his name Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life FARM AUCTION, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Just yesterday, they started keeping house Last Line: More than a farm, when they bid in his land Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life FEBRUARY QUILT, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Uneven days of winter never match Last Line: Here is my february quilt, a strange mismatch! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life FEBRUARY THAW, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The wind's voice strikes more gently on our ears Last Line: Who thought a february thaw was spring! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life FEEDING THE CHICKENS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Sharp crayon colors illustrate the scene Last Line: The scene is always near, not years away Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life FEEDING THE GULLS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Winter gulls circle the deserted beach Last Line: They snatch it from the air Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life FIRST CROP, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: He looked upon that rocky place Last Line: The first crop is stones in anything new Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life FIRST CROP, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Mustard green and water cress Last Line: Appeases ancient hungering Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life FIRST SNOW, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: On fields and pastures Last Line: Of the snow Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life FISH WEATHER VANE - CLARYVILLE CHURCH, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The weather vane is shilly shallying today Last Line: And mackerel skies slow varying winds in motion Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life FLORIDA - ALIVE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I like to think that florida Last Line: And every ditch full of the soup of life Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life FLOWERING BASSWOOD, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: In summer forest tarrying Last Line: Is sweeter than the first Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life FLOWERS FOR JULIANA, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Andrew brought flowers from the pasture Last Line: Andrew always brought me flowers, she would say Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life FLYING OFF, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Thoughts will not be tethered Last Line: In flight through thinning air Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life FOR A GOOD COMPANION, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: We ate stone soup together Last Line: Alone is chill and bleak Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life FOR CAROL, ON HER TWENTIETH BIRTHDAY, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: This is the april hour before the sun Last Line: But now, I look at you, and it is spring Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life FOR DANIEL, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Sorry there's nothing in the nest Last Line: All I can find is a thin - shelled doubt Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life FOR MARY, BORN IN TROUBLED TIMES, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The nurse held out a snugly wrapped cocoon Last Line: May friendly stars reach down and comfort you Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life FOREIGN LAND, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: May poles - merry - go - rounds Last Line: Childhood is a foreign land Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life FOREST PLANTATION, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: These stubborn acres never liked the plow Last Line: We will restore its heritage of trees Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life FRESHET, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The brook begins to leap and show its claws Last Line: The house cat is a tiger for an hour Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life FRINGE BENEFITS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Lib alone and like it if you choose Last Line: Fringe benefits attached are simply great! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life FROM A CITY DESK, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The boy would bring the oxen in from work Last Line: The boy comes back, and he cannot forget Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life FROM MY DIARY: OCTOBER DAYS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The trees have briefly come to bloom Last Line: Before they fall Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life FROST DOGS ARE RUNNING, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Frost dogs are running Last Line: And leave it black Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life FROST ON THE WINDOW, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Frost spider is weaving her fragile web Last Line: With the fabric of dreams and mystery Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life FUGITIVE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I miss the little sound of leaves Last Line: Winter - weary mouse Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life GATHERING OF SWALLOWS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The gathering of swallows lasts for days Last Line: Then silence hovers and the birds are gone Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life GEESE STOPPING OVER, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: A torrent of birds Last Line: Except for a few soft settling - down words Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life GIFT, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Mark gave the boy the shell before he left Last Line: The old man knew he had eternity Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life GIVING NOTICE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I'm through with tending sacred cows Last Line: But give no milk Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life GLEANERS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Empty pods rattle on stiff brown vines Last Line: Field mice take what the pheasants scorn Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life GLORY HOLE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Everyone should have a glory hole Last Line: Everyone should have a glory hole! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life GRANNY'S HERB GARDEN, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Caraway, rosemary, marjoram and sage Last Line: To keep and tend a garden so the blooms stand tall Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life GREAT-GRANDMOTHER, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Knuckles and knobs and half - obscured scars Last Line: Love flows through her arms. She is ageless, content Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life GROWING OLD, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I want to milk this old cow dry Last Line: Kicking and squalling Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life HANDS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: They were farmer's hands - sturdy, competent Last Line: Lifting a small boy down from a load of hay Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life HAYING TIME, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Small creatures meet the judgment day Last Line: And this small world is upside down Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life HEAD OF THE HOUSE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Under his skin he wasn't brave at all Last Line: That no one guessed the lion was a mouse Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life HEART'S DAUGHTER, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: You are my heart's daughter Last Line: You are my heart's daughter Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life HEMLOCKS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The poetry of hemlocks is deep and green Last Line: The quiet aisles are sanctuary Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life HERE COMES FEBRUARY!, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Here comes that old hag, february Last Line: When she'll be gone and leave march in her place Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life HI AND WALTER, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: By his drawers, so itchy, roomy Last Line: Good companion like his hilda! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life HILLSIDE FOSSILS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Sea shells are bedded in the gray rock ledge Last Line: Their seal and symbol, and their sign and mark Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life HILLTOP FARM, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: South hill in summer sun, dusted with gold Last Line: Title reverts to the returning trees Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life HIRED MAN AND THE MAGIC, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: After chores were done Last Line: Into his pocket the music went Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life HOME COMING, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: To the place of beginning, the old deed read Last Line: And look across the blue - green hills of home Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life HOOVES OF TIME, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: While I dream Last Line: The hooves of time are galloping Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life HOUSE OF EARTH, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Infinity and dandelions Last Line: I shall explore Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life HUCKLEBERRYING, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Let's go huckleberrying in the hilltop pasture Last Line: And spicy pink azalea and stiff hardhack Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life HUSON BURYING GROUND, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: This stony catskill field along the huson road Last Line: Some part of ireland's in this huson ground Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life I BORROWED FIRE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: In chill sad times Last Line: Where can I borrow fire? Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life I CARE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I mourn the passing of condor great blue whale panther Last Line: I care Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life I HAVE HEARD THE CENTAUR, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I saw the centaur leaping at the sky Last Line: And felt winds blow from pastures wild and blue Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life I HAVE SILVER, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I have silver every day Last Line: Tap softly on my bedroom window Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life I LIKE TO FIND A PUDDING STONE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I like to find a pudding stone Last Line: As sure as change Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life I LIKE WORDS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I like a gaudy word or two Last Line: And loving words that go unsaid Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life I NEVER LEARN, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: My heart was hurt too often Last Line: Or reaching for the stars Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life I THINK I'LL TAKE MY SON AND DAUGHTER, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I think I'll take my son and daughter Last Line: But best of all for naps, sundown! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life I'D LIKE TO TAKE LIFE BY THE THROAT, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The trees exult with color Last Line: And fight and scream and claw Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life ICARUS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: When my wings grow long Last Line: Some day Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life ICE STORM, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The shabby pasture, bedraggled and brown Last Line: The wind is the bull in the china shop! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life IDES OF MARCH, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The morning bonfire of the sun Last Line: For life is waiting with a sharpened blade Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life IF I COULD ONLY REMEMBER UNTIL MORNING, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The flights of thought insomnia brings Last Line: Seem dull and ordinary! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life IF I HAD ONE I'D TRY IT, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: If you really must sort all your diamonds some day Last Line: But a real one will squeak when it's touched with %dry ice! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life IF THAT BE YOUTH, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Oh, I was young, and I was brave Last Line: That unawareness back Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life IN DECEMBER, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: There is no terror sharp as the start Last Line: Nothing but splendor in that bright tree Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life IN HELICON, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: In helicon, in helicon Last Line: Beware! Beware! Beware! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: At last I stood in wonder Last Line: He could not read the tablet either Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life IN THE ORCHARD, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The orchard shade invites you to its depths Last Line: Purple of grape and honey - colored pear! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life IN TIME OF DROUGHT, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Thirsty earth Last Line: Roots stretch Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life IN WILD PLACES, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Beauty always grows in wild, untended places Last Line: All you need for harvesting is a seeing heart Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life INSOMNIA, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Out of the dark they come Last Line: I beg them to let me sleep Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life INTERLUDE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Today there is no noisy flight of wind or birds Last Line: Crumpling pale hepaticas in each chubby fist Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life JOAN OF ARC, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Joan of arc spoke to me Last Line: To make me feel the flames Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life JOHN CHAPMAN, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The apple gospel that he preached Last Line: They called him johnny appleseed Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life JONATHAN, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: There was a small boy in a jonathan tree Last Line: The smell of the apple, tangy and crisp Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life JUNE 21 1990, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I wish I were in kotzebue Last Line: Forget the waiting permafrost Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life JUST IN CASE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Letters have upper and lower case Last Line: Can he solve the case of 'case'? Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life KILLING THE ROOSTER, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The pullets were sleek and the cockerels Last Line: It is not easy to become a man Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life LAST CRICKET, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The cricket that survives the early frost Last Line: Beneath her dark inevitable wings Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life LAST HARVEST, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: This is the last sweet harvest of the year Last Line: The gray sky thickens and I feel the threat of snow Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life LATE SNOW STORM, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: This storm that steps upon the heels of spring Last Line: Earth stirs and stretches from her winter bed Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life LATE WINTER SNOW, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: These small sierras sawing at the sky Last Line: Let's hope spring cleaning comes when spring %commences! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life LAUGHTER WILL RISE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Some things endure. Be comforted Last Line: Some things endure Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life LEAN YEAR, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Thanks be for small and sour fruit Last Line: All creatures will be met Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life LETTER, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I have sold the stars haver and charles scratched Last Line: Inside and out of the empty echoing house Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life LETTER FROM FLORIDA, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: This is lotus land, ripe with the fruits of summer Last Line: Stone walls Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life LITANY FOR SPARROW LYING IN THE PATH, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: No special services for you, bird Last Line: Did he turn his head? Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life LITTLE DAUGHTER, WASHING DISHES, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Little daughter, washing dishes Last Line: Set no place for despair Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life LITTLE PATHS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: You come upon them unexpectedly Last Line: And follow Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life LIVING AMONG TREES, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Is different every day Last Line: In the bed by the door Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life LOCAL BOY MISSING, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: He was not ready for the gift of sleep Last Line: And little winds whisper your requiem Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life LOST EDEN, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Only the snake can take me there again Last Line: And innocence and the small snake were gone Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life LOVE MADE VISIBLE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Love shows itself in homely ways Last Line: Children tucked in their beds at night Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life MAKING ALLOWANCES, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Bill eats our food and shares our roof Last Line: But with a common currency! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life MAKING APPLE BUTTER, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Cinnamon and cider and crisp northern spies Last Line: But winter isn't here till we've made the apple butter Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life MAKING BREAD, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: My sisters watch me as I shape the loaf and Last Line: I feel my sisters watching, sharing, knowing Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life MAN WITH AN AXE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: He hefts the axe and the axe hangs true Last Line: And built a house with his axe and his dreams Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life MAPLES IN WINTER, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Maples in winter have a listening look Last Line: With miracle of leaf Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life MARCH, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I think that march is just a little boy Last Line: He goes to sleep upon the lap of spring Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life MEMO: FOR A BEDSIDE READING TABLE, SCRIBBLED AT 2. A.M., by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Let others read to shudder and weep Last Line: Why did I start on a book like that? Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life MEMORIAL DAY, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Do not sing blues here in this place Last Line: Flowers and tears should never last Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life MIDSUMMER IN THE CATSKILLS, by JOHN BURROUGHS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The strident hum of sickle-bar Last Line: Swim in a sea of peace. Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Serenity; Summer MISERY IS THE YEAST -, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The ferment Last Line: I lack the proper background Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life MORNING EXERCISES, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I have no child or cat or bird Last Line: Insists on being walked Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life MOTHER, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Somehow I just can't think of you Last Line: And knows that heaven's richer for the sound Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life MOVING, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Andrew and juliana moved seven times Last Line: To a florida flower bed Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life MY FATHER'S GHOST, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: My father's ghost would never hang around the house Last Line: Come to me in living, my whole life long! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life MY HEART UNFOLDS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: My heart unfolds with every leaf Last Line: My heart unfolds with every leaf Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life MYRRH, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Christmas is laughter, tinsel, light Last Line: A dream of peace we follow still Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life MYSTERY OF CHRISTMAS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The mystery of christmas fills the house Last Line: It's built upon a birthday and a dream Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life NEW YEAR, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Past slanting pastures new with snow Last Line: Can make it last! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life NEW YORK, by MARIANNE MOORE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The savage's romance, / accreted where we need the space for commerce Last Line: "it is the ""accessibility to experience." Subject(s): New York State NIGHT CHILD, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The night child lifts himself from sleep Last Line: Dark safely wraps the night - struck child Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life NO CEREMONY, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Being forgotten is another kind of dying Last Line: No mourners left Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life NO GLACIER PUSHED ME, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I sat down near a quartz - filled pudding stone Last Line: At rest upon this catskill hilltop farm? Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life NO SILVER SWATH, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: This snail shell is an empty hall Last Line: I mark my kinship with the snail Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life NO STONE TO HEFT, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The black earth welcomes the exploding seed Last Line: Today I have no stone to heft and tote Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life NO STRANGE FLOWERS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Tottering a little on unsteady feet Last Line: In normandy Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life NO WORDS ARE BORN, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Beyond the parapets of outer space Last Line: Lucid enough to tell the tale to me Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life NORTHBOUND CROWS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I know it is spring when I hear them talk Last Line: The flight to the north is cluttered and loud Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life NOTE TO BE SEALED IN A BOTTLE:, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I am a star - flung castaway Last Line: And offer me the great voyage home Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life NOVEMBER DAY, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: This tattered day is a hand - me - down Last Line: As winter sweeps in with ermine and pearls! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life NOW AN OUTLANDER, ONCE A POET IN N.Y., by JAMES HARRISON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: The souls of lorca and crane a daily solstice Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim Subject(s): Nature; New York City; New York State; Poetry And Poets OCTOBER AGAIN, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: October again Last Line: Is harder to bear Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life OCTOBER RICHES, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I love the helterskelter untidiness of leaves Last Line: I am a gold leaf millionaire Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life OLD FARM ALONG NEW HIGHWAY, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: A roadside barn stands shivering Last Line: Watches with empty eyes Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life OLD HOUSE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: This old house wears a patina of dignity Last Line: And will again. This old house is a home Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life OLD HOUSE AT CHRISTMAS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Christmas comes easily to this old house Last Line: With all the love its wooden arms can hold! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life OLD MAN, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: His spindly legs and arms still work Last Line: And waits to join him when he comes Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life OLD ORCHARD, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: A drift of baldwins, bright as maple leaves Last Line: For fruit and flower he shall never see? Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life OLD RED HEN, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: In her good brown dress and bright red comb Last Line: Is her last little feathery goodnight word Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life ON FINDING AN ARROWHEAD, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Who left this mark upon my measured field? Last Line: And wonder if I really own this land Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life ON LONG BOAT KEY, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: This key rides water like a narrow raft Last Line: Others will follow whose days have just begun Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life ON LOOKING AT A CONTOUR MAP, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Under the light the map begins to live Last Line: To childhood country with my youth restored Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life ON STUDYING SEATED MAN WITH A HARP, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: All the singing before homer is lost Last Line: I try to hear Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life ON THE POST OFFICE, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Have you ever forgotten Last Line: That noble sentence of / herodous? Subject(s): Herodotus (484-420 B.c.); New York State ON THE POST OFFICE, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Have you ever forgotten Last Line: That noble sentence of %herodotus? Subject(s): Herodotus (484-420 B.c.); New York State ON THUNDER HILL, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The folks who live on thunder hill Last Line: Lightning can't strike the same place twice! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life ONE THAT GOT AWAY, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: It is of you I dream through drowsy winter nights Last Line: Come streaking from its depths to fin your nose at me! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life ONE-YEAR-OLD, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: He laughs and claps those dimpled hands Last Line: Came here to stay! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life ORACLE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Now I am the old one, dispensing wisdom Last Line: I forget ... I forget ... I try to forget Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life ORPHAN, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Milk - white with nacre hooves and horn Last Line: To see the last white unicorn Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life OUR HERITAGE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: This is our due and this our heritage Last Line: We cannot spare one bird song from the field! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life OUR LOSSES HAVE BEEN SLIGHT, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: No one will miss him very much Last Line: No one will miss him very much Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life OUT OF THE FIREFLY NIGHT, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Soft and dark after the warm rain Last Line: I grew all night like the new corn in the hills Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life PACKET OF SEED, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: This wrinkled seed I hold in my hand Last Line: By the soundless shout of the bursting seed! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life PARK IN THE PUBLIC'S OR IN THE PUBLIC, PARKS, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Cessible / inack / cessibleinack Last Line: Ny. Inack kyack Subject(s): New York State; Parks PARK IN THE PUBLIC'S OR IN THE PUBLIC, PARKS, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Cessible %inack %cessibleinack Last Line: N.Y. Inack kyack Subject(s): New York State; Parks PARTINGS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: With house and home went title to the tree Last Line: That went into the growing of the tree Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life PATTERN FOR THE FUTURE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I see a neat and tidy world Last Line: With choice phased out, and love outlawed Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life PEELING POTATOES, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: There was no song for that brown chore Last Line: It seemed a privilege for a while Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life PERSPECTIVE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: When I had lost myself in woe Last Line: My grief was an important thing Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life PICKING WILD BLACKBERRIES, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: No one but a bear should pick wild blackberries Last Line: He shambled off in lumbering retreat Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life PLACE FOR A BOY, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: A field is a place for a small boy to play Last Line: A field is a place for a small boy to grow Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life PLANTING PURPLE POTATOES, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Not with prayers and incantations Last Line: This is my journey to peru Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life PLAYGROUND INCIDENT, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The eagle soared above the playground with Last Line: Great wings were there Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life POET, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The poet doesn't live on love or roses Last Line: Green words will always ripen in his mouth Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life POOR OLD WOMAN, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: A spate of sorrow drowned her - Last Line: A spate of sorrow drowned her Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life PORTRAIT, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: He walks along, unnoticing, with spring Last Line: And climb, unmoved, a parapet of stars Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life POSTSCRIPT TO A SNOW DAY, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: You asked me what on earth I did Last Line: To make a proper list! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life POTATOES, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: One potato Last Line: Three potato %four! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life PRAISE BE FOR MUD!, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Praise be for mud when the frost goes out Last Line: Praise be for mud! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life PROSPECTOR, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Nuggets of wisdom, I've been told Last Line: I'm off to the mountains with grubstake and mule Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life QUESTION, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Spirit, body Last Line: Become of %me? Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life RAINBOW OF A DAY, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Sunday was a day to savor and remember Last Line: I wonder if we'll see again such a rainbow of a day? Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life RECEIPT FOR BLACKBERRY PIE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Take juicy blackberries, sweet with august sun Last Line: And there is more than a receipt to learn Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life RED FOX, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The red fox sits alone upon a rock Last Line: Title returns to him when it grows dark! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life RELAY AT EVENING, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The dogs send signals in the hollow dusk Last Line: Strange and deep Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life REPORTER AT THE SCHOOLHOUSE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I must record important happenings Last Line: I wonder what the scale will be Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life RICHARD RECITES THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Four score and seven years... The boy's head Last Line: And the tall gaunt man with the bowed head Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life RIDING UP THE TANANA RIVER, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I saw the mountains moving to the sea - Last Line: And too thick to drink Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life RUNAWAYS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Caraway and tansy, catnip and fever few Last Line: Growing in a garden with herbs and marigold Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life SAILOR, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: His thoughts are like a brook that always runs Last Line: When tides are always pulling at his heart Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life SAME DOOR, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I see you in this scattered company Last Line: It is small comfort to me that you are not alone Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life SAVING OF THE LEAVES, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Old leaves are precious Last Line: Behind the rake Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life SAYING GRACE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: My father bowed his head and waited, still Last Line: Thanksgiving was my father, saying grace Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life SCHOOL DROP-OUTS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: You see them standing on street corners Last Line: Without care Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life SEA SHELL, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: It took a pell mell storm Last Line: What sculptor carved this curving carapace? Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life SECRETS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Some secrets of the winter woods Last Line: To those who see - and want to know Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life SEPTEMBER, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Fox grapes hang purple on the hillside vines Last Line: This is the rich fulfillment of a dream Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life SEQUOIA, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: This tree was ancient when the fishermen Last Line: Upon earth's oldest living monument Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life SHARING, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: My flower bed grows more than weeds and Last Line: I thought I lived here all alone Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life SIDNEY LANIER, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: He was aware of unheard symphonies Last Line: He writes the lyric for some deathless score Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life SINCE NINEVEH, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The levelled cities sowed with salt Last Line: And hear again the ancient, why? Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life SLEEPLESS NIGHTS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Words chase each other through my mind Last Line: Then I get back to sleep again Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life SMALL BOY SLEEPING, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: There is a breathless moment in the night Last Line: For boys who sleep unguarded in the dark Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life SMOKE HOUSE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The smokehouse smelled of hickory chips Last Line: The smokehouse flavor, fresh upon his tongue Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life SOMETIMES BEES SPEND THE NIGHT AWAY FROM HOME, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Sometimes bees spend the night away from home Last Line: To the hidden home hive? Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life SONG FOR MY BIRTHDAY, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I am older now Last Line: Or the snow a sheltering wing? Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life SONG FOR THE EMPIRE STATE, by CRAVEN LANGSTROTH BETTS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: T'he migh iest of the sisters that form our native land Subject(s): New York State SONG OF ENVY, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Out of the chilly landscape goes the fat and drowsy bear Last Line: No income tax, no ration books, no war communiques! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life SONG OF THE EVIL SPIRIT OF THE WOODS, by THOMAS MOORE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Now the vapour hot and damp Last Line: Rankling all, the wretch expires! Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas Subject(s): Forests; Native Americans; New York State; Travel; Woods; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America; Journeys; Trips SONNET, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Sashay with shakespeare. Scribblers can cavort Last Line: Your words are fresh with an immortal dew Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life SOURCE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: What tick and tock? Last Line: Brave scientist! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life SPINNER OF FROST, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Frost spider, spinning a silvery web Last Line: Frost cannot hold flame Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life SPLITTING FIREWOOD, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The wood was tough: his stance was wide Last Line: The years stack up like a rank of wood Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life SPRING CLEANING, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Roll up the snow fence, winter - staggered Last Line: To strut and hop and flutter! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life STAR, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The fragrance of the pine is myrrh Last Line: The steadfast christmas star has shone Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life STEALING POTATOES, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: My mother taught me how to steal potatoes Last Line: Then feast Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life STONES, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The young man walked in stones and stubble Last Line: He shares a field with them today Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life STOPPING AT THE STATION, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The train made a ceremony of arrival Last Line: And a quiet huff huff puff puff puff puff Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life STOVE WOOD, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The sugar maples herd within the grove Last Line: I still have tears to mourn the dryad's fall Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life STRANGER, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Sometimes I almost hate her - this stranger Last Line: Stranger in my house Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life STRAY CAT NAMED MEECH, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: When he came to us out of the wet woods Last Line: In the woods Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Alone all day Last Line: I have shaken hands with lightning Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life SUMMER HILLS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I will go back to the summer hills Last Line: The young, glad days, when we walked together Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life SUN BATHER, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: She never heard of helios or ra Last Line: As the sun god laid his hand upon her back Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life SUNSET ON CRYSTAL LAKE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The sunset streams across the lake Last Line: Water and sky grow dark together Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life TAPPING THE SAP BUSH - 1918, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Not spring, and not winter either Last Line: But sapping time Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life TEACHER, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Here is a man whose hand has pointed out Last Line: For love of life and living and for laughter Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life TEACHER REMEMBERED, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Her thoughts were never folded in a book Last Line: And see her face on every turning page Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life THANKSGIVING HYMN, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: A scarlet thread of wonder Last Line: Runs through the woof of days Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life THAT WAS A CHRISTMAS!, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The lean years were the best years, looking back - Last Line: That was a christmas to warm me all my life! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life THE FOUNTAINS OF ASHOKAN, by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Henceforth what dream can e'er efface Last Line: Would quaff new beauty in the glass! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Water Supply; Dams; Reservoirs; Water Mains THE STATE OF NEW YORK, by FREDERICK SEIDEL Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I like the part I play. Subject(s): New York State; Astaire, Fred (1899-1987) THE THIN EDGE OF YOUR PRIDE: 12, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: After a hundred years have slept above us Subject(s): Berkshire Hills, Massachusetts; Catskill Mountains, New York State; Death; Memory; Dead, The THERE IS ROOM, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Ironwood and whistlewood Last Line: There is room Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life THIN EDGE OF YOUR PRIDE: 12, by KENNETH REXROTH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: After a hundred years have slept above us Last Line: The berkshires, %have good memories Subject(s): Berkshire Hills, Massachusetts; Catskill Mountains, New York State; Death; Memory THIS GAME WE PLAY, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: They shared a house, a table and a bed Last Line: She wept to hear his faint voice cry, home! Free! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life THIS IS THE DAY, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Fiddleheads are crisp and green in the lower Last Line: Splashes white! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life THREE-YEAR-OLD, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: A three - year - old walks Last Line: Let me see, too! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life THROUGH KITCHEN WINDOWS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Through kitchen windows we can see Last Line: At fruitful earth, and earth laid bare Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life TIME, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Time has us all in his pocket Last Line: We measured out Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life TOO OLD TO TRANSPLANT, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Mark left the hills for unaccustomed streets Last Line: Whose tap root withers, and green branches die Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life TRACES, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: What trace of me marks hills Last Line: As the trackless wind Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life TRANSPLANTED, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Katrina thought she could forget Last Line: And branch of her adopted land Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life TRAPPING SEASON, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: It's open season and I kneel before the yawning hole Last Line: So gather around! As usual, the treat is on the house Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life TRAVELING, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I wrap myself in morning mist Last Line: With no two days the same Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life TROUT POOL, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Feathers and ferns of light Last Line: Swim in dark water Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life TRUST ME, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Lies are mean and sharp Last Line: You can trust me Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life TURTLE CROSSING, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: There is no hurry in his legs Last Line: And draws back in his sculptured shell Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life UNDER RONDOUT RESERVOIR, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Water holds no tracks Last Line: They travel now Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life UNINVITED GUEST, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Clothed in his full dress suit of black and white Last Line: So hold your nose! We came out second best Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life UP MOONHAW ROAD, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Up moonhaw road the maples burn Last Line: The unbelievable was there Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life VALENTINE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Carved with a pen knife on a gray beech bole Last Line: Inconstant love upon the constant tree Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life VILLAGE LIGHTS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Across the valley strange with dusk Last Line: And far and bleak the moon and mars! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life VISITING DAMARIS AT THE INFIRMARY, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: After a lifetime filled with books Last Line: For me to kiss when it is time for me to go Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life WALK IN THE FOG, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Familiar woods are strange with fog Last Line: And woods are sensible with light Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life WALK IN THE FOG, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I like to walk with Last Line: Bluejay and crow Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life WALKER ON THE BEACH, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Out on the beach the lonely figure walks Last Line: And has the secret knowledge none may share Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life WARNING, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Keep away from mirrors Last Line: Is an old woman's face Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life WARNING 1957, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Unleash the fires within the earth Last Line: Breathe life back into lifeless clay Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life WARNING TO WHODUNIT FANS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Text First Line: You like your murders gory when they're safely in a story Last Line: When you awake and find yourself with a murder on your hand! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life; Agriculture; Farmers WATCHER, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I live alone above the lake Last Line: Watching %watching? Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life WE BOUGHT A FARM, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: We bought a farm - but we bought more than land Last Line: Lives on forever with the living earth Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life WE SHOULD HAVE WALKED TOWARD THE FARTHEST STAR, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Improper fractions; what is three times three? Last Line: But I was busy, so I could not teach! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life WEB OF WONDERS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I have assumed the world was made for me Last Line: I should give thanks that room was left for me Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life WEDDING DRESS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Lize kept the dress for over fifty years Last Line: The wedding dress would fit her when she died Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life WHAT MYTHS AND DREAMS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: This earth's a giant pudding stone Last Line: And makes new myths to light the dream Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life WHAT NOW SEEMS SILENT, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: What music does the spinning spider hear Last Line: The swishing spider web as death appears - Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life WHEN IT'S TIME TO TAP, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Here's what you need when it's time to tap Last Line: A small boy hustling to hang the buckets up Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life WHEN LINDA BAKES A CAKE, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: When linda bakes, the very kitchen changes Last Line: Wearing her mother's apron, playing house Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life WILD CAT MOUNTAIN, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Wild cat mountain crouches in the catskills Last Line: If I could find the magic that would set him free %to prowl! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life WILD GEESE FLYING, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Pulled by some vast immeasurable tide Last Line: Shut out the hoarse, deep calls... The air is chill Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life WILD STRAWBERRIES, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Strawberries should be eaten from a little tin bucket Last Line: I think I've always known that I couldn't go back - Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life WILD STRAWBERRY DAY, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: No house can hold me when wild strawberries Last Line: I cannot keep this wild strawberry day Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life WILD STRAWBERRY DAYS, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Remember wild strawberry days Last Line: And sharp and sweet as remembering Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life WILD STRAWBERRY JAM, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: In this gleaming jar of wild strawberry jam Last Line: That nobody owns! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life WILD THYME IN HILLSIDE PASTURES, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: They say this same sweet wild thyme blooms Last Line: The days come back on wild bees' wings Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life WINTER GARDEN, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Filigree of junco tracks Last Line: These tiny gleaners seek! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life WISH AT SPRING PLOWING, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: Spring plowing here has always turned up stones Last Line: And never know the dragon's teeth again! Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life WITCH HAZEL, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: From mustard gold to golden rod Last Line: Witch hazel's unexpected gold Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life WITHOUT, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: I never knew I was without Last Line: My father's arms, my father's voice Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life YOU TRIED TO TELL US, by INEZ GEORGE GRIDLEY Poem Source First Line: The trail of tears almost forgotten Last Line: We would not listen Subject(s): Catskill Mountains, New York State; Farm Life |
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