Amalgam and surreal silver fusions <br />Flow between two ancient peaks, blinding visions <br /> <br />Setting sun’s angled brilliance showcasing <br />Norris Lake’s halo-ed magnificence <br /> <br />Distant layers of tonal blue – violet <br />Soaring smoke-y hills and mountains delight <br /> <br />The sky a waning clear winter-ed blue <br />Contrails weave their icy patterned plaids <br /> <br />Wispy white apparitions of other’s down <br />Seeing visions from east, west, north and south <br /> <br />Fluffy frump – l’d original gifts <br />Heaven-d kilts warm imaginations <br /> <br />Pristine golden pastures flank the roadside <br />Encircled in deciduous umber- <br /> <br />‘d lace, evergreen hemlocks and cedars grace <br />Dotted cantilevered black - painted <br /> <br />Dairy barns dressed in Pennsylvania <br />Dutch quilted icons and topped mossy <br /> <br />Green, cows graze in bucolic peace <br />Fieldstone chimneys sweetly send rising thanks<br /><br />Debora Short<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/cumberland-gap-imagery-couplets/
