Friday, May 14, 2010

Robert Frost Country, Part 2

Robert Frost Country, Part 2

It nagged at me all day. I wanted to describe Ripton but I really only talked about one road. Just that seldom travelled road in Robert Frost's time.Still seldom travelled compared to the roads through the seemingly endless valley floors next to the lake. Those areas were all ocean bottom.
So back to Ripton.
It has sharp elevations, wonderful streams, the Green Mountain Forest.
It has all economic groups but one may not be easily distinguished from the other. A blend of many people who survive harsher winters than we valley people. More isolation is possible which is why most views are from a road. Also more people know you are there than you might imagine. That is good too. Boundaries defined. Mutual acceptance.
His mail went to East Middlebury post office back then. The poetry flowed up and down the mountain. I know there is more but it will have to wait. It has been a long week and time to go hear the redwinged blackbirds sing.

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