The Dolgopolov mountains are fierce and forboding <br />Balashkabav River descends them, icily flowing <br />Chernogolovka Peak rises spectacularly into the mist <br />Forming part of the Chasm of Chemanzhelinsk <br /> <br />The Zheleznogorsk Pass is a shocking misnomer <br />Only Gorbatov goats'd be game to roam her <br />Flisselburg Falls dropp into Volokolamsk Lake <br />Its freezing waters the home of the Skovorodinsk Skate <br /> <br />The slender Slyudyanka tree bows to the Gundorovka Gale <br />In its branches are the nests of the Quarovsky Quail <br />Who migrate to Khibinogorsk at the first hint of snow <br />And are swiftly followed by the Chesnokovka Crow <br /> <br />Inside the Gubkinsky Glacier lies the Chapayevsk Crevasse <br />On its sheer sides grow the hardy Gavrilov grass <br />Munched on by the mysterious Mednogorsk Moose <br />And if you believe all of this you're a Gelendzhik Goose <br /> <br />(Sydney, Australia - 2011)<br /><br />Alessandra Liverani<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-dolgopolov-mountains-humour/
