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Canyon, Delaware, fishing, Grand Canyon of the East, New York, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pine Creek
Oh – – – I am sure,
there is a Pine Creek,
in every state and every country,
and probably in every language – if my guess is right.
~
However – – – this one is in the territory,
that William Penn established,
after befriending the Lenapes.
~
Old Bill was a very peaceful man,
and that peacefulness remains,
in the streams and rivers,
until this very day.
~
Pine Creek Canyon is 1,400 feet deep,
and almost one mile wide,
the creek though,
is much,
smaller.
~
And the trout enjoy the shadows,
that the cliffs throw over,
the cool water.
~
That man enjoys fishing there,
because it is remote,
and fishermen,
are scarce.
~
Poor old Billy Penn,
probably never got to see,
this beautiful and remote canyon,
because he was too busy attempting,
to keep the English, Dutch and Swedish,
part of the commonwealth that he had founded.
~
They departed his company,
and founded the commonwealth of Delaware,
Billy formed the City of Brotherly Love with other Quakers.
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Old Bill – – – if he is looking down,
on his city at this very moment,
is probably wondering – – – ,
“Where has the love gone?”
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And those English, Dutch and Swedes,
never realized that they could have belonged,
to the beautiful state that holds Pine Creek within,
its wide borders and hemlock forests full of deer and fish.
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And they probably missed the headwaters,
of the beautiful streams and rivers,
that join together to form,
the Delaware River,
both branches,
in New York.
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© Copy written for what I will never know.
Nice one. It’s interesting you mentioned that there is probably a Pine Creek in every language. One of the neighborhoods in the city I’m living in in Korea is called Pine Creek, although in Korean, it’s Songcheon. Seems to be a universal thing.
안녕하세요, 데이빗이 나를 송어 파인크리크. waldo-san 있다고 말해 주십시오.
Well, 안녕하세요 to you too. 🙂 Just to clarify, you want me to say that you were at Trout Pine Creek? You might find it interesting to know that “trout” in Korean literally means “pine fish”. Not sure why, but it’s cool.
We have one too, Ruisseau du Pin Noir :o)
Salut Facile,
Il est agréable de savoir que vous avez aussi celui. Prenez-vous votre Maman et Papa là pour une promenade ?
M. Waldo
Sadly not, it’s far away :o) But we sometimes watch the fishermen on the channel :o)
Wally, I’ve only visited your site a couple of times, my appreciation deepens each time. Thank you for writing as you do on the subject(s) you do. Best ~ HuntMode
Thank you so much Huntmode. The pleasure I get from writing is knowing that others are enjoying the posts. It lets me know that my time on this earth has not been wasted (well – – – a little of it has been spent on various trout streams but that does no necessarily mean it was wasted).
Thanks again for visiting my blog.
Getting close to the rhythms of this earth is one of our greatest blessings. Seems to me your writing gifts us with the wisdom of how to do so. Thank you, Wally.
🙂
“LIKE” buttons can be so stupid on some days. 🙂
But it is the only way to acknowledge that I’ve been by and appreciate the effort and beauty and experience that goes into creating even a small work, without writing a blurb that barely touches or merely skims over or perhaps disguises my response(s) to these tiny glimpses and hints at someone elses being.
I read comments, too, quite often.
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