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“Ponderosa” by James Galvin

Listen to this poem recorded during a storm -the wind whistling through cracks in the windows of our old farmhouse and low church bell sounds.

Afterward for “Ponderosa” by James Galvin presented by Sher Schwartz

Unusual site, but click here to read “Ponderosa”

https://studylib.net/doc/8693482/show-and-tell-ponderosa

Learn more about James Galvin

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/james-galvin

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Sher Schwartz

http://sherpoetry.wordpress.com/

5 responses to ““Ponderosa” by James Galvin”

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    Anonymous

    Your afterword is a perfect postscript for this poem, the way a poem moves right to our heart. Tragic as it is to lose these big trees, I love the part about storing and using the wood for different things.

    Suzy

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    Sher Schwartz

    Thank you for sharing your reflections Suzy.

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    tlapera5411

    I was so moved by the afterword. My son and I were just talking about this (I am on the East coast visiting him).

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      Sher Schwartz

      Thank you for commenting; were you speaking about specific types of trees? What are they losing, or I should write–what is being lost on the East coast?

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        tlapera5411

        We were on a walk this morning, and we were speaking about climate change, and how no place is escaping it.

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