Ooooh. This one just made me all tingly for some reason. Your imagry is interesting, and you draw an interesting comparison/contrast between New England and Europe. The cadence is especially well done, this one just begs to be read aloud.

Glorious! I especially love the third-to-last stanza (Well one can make such/ Sharp observations...) Ooh, and you know what the Hudson Valley is! NOBODY ever knows what that is. I find it intensely annoying, since I am related to nearly half if its residents. ;-) Anyhoo, exquisite bit of work... and thanks for reviewing my poem "Waiting"! :-)

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