The Old Hanging Fork, and Other Poems
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Fishing poles, tangled lines and a winding creek anchor George W. Doneghy's recollections of boyhood in The Old Hanging Fork, and Other Poems. The opening poem looks back on days spent beside the water, while the verses that follow find their subjects in September fields, apple blossoms and the comforts of a winter fireside. Rhymed stanzas and conversational speech give these nineteenth-century American poems the sound of memories shared aloud.
The collection also moves between laughter and loss. Tim Bluster's encounter with a supposedly haunted farmhouse becomes a comic tale in verse, while an old letter from a mother carries the weight of affection across the years. A riverside hermit and a cherished spring bring quieter moods into the selection. Readers interested in rural life and popular poetry can find everyday places turned into occasions for humor, longing and remembrance.
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- Author
- George W. Doneghy
- Pages
- 104
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Poetry
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