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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SACRED VALLEY, by CLIFFORD GESSLER Poet's Biography
First Line: Dark things have happened in the misted hills
Last Line: Do you not hear his distant, mocking laughter?
First Line: Dark things have happened in the misted hills
Last Line: Do you not hear his distant, mocking laughter?
Dark things have happened in the misted hills
in the rainy months, in the dark lobe of the year.
See this small valley like a gash in the mountain,
with the stream flowing down between the thick lantana
and at its head, beneath the hanging rocks,
a somber pool that never knows the sun.
Lay the leaf on the stone, and the stone upon it,
and tread softly in that valley, slipping among the boulders.
The Pig-Child watches from the gloomy height,
these are his hoofprints on the muddy trail.
Hark, as you dodge that stone that hurtles down --
do you not hear his distant, mocking laughter?
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