As I Walk



As I walk down this city street
With the rush, rush, rush of each person I meet,
The clamor of horns, the pounding of feet,,
The dizzying busyness of life incomplete,
How I envy the tall buildings stretching on high,
If I climbed to the top I could reach to the sky
And see the white clouds and watch the birds fly.
I could hail a white cloud and drift far away
To the land of my dreams where the great forests lay
And there by the edge of the lake I would stay
And hear the loon's call at the close of each day.

About this poem

I wrote this when I was helping my sister and brother in- law in their fishing camp in Northern Ontario. I fell in love with the North Country.

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Written on August 28, 2022

Submitted by Nel on August 28, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Closest metre Iambic pentameter
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Gwendolyn Nellie Margaret Sanderson

I helped my sister and brother in law for about two years in their fishing camp in the forest on the Ontario side of Lake Temmiskaming I drove fishermen to the different lakes and helped my sister clean the cabins. I left after getting married, later got divorced and lived in Peru for 11 years. I now live in Ontario and am 90 years old. I haven't written a poem for years. The poem I submitted is one I wrote several years ago and today I changed some of it. If this is not suitable I wrote another one which reads as follows: THE STORM With a frightening roar the storm arrives The rain pours down from heavy skies The thunder crashes, the lightning's glare, Streaks through the wild tormented air And now the river's overflow Brings fear to all who dwell below But when the sun shines down its light Forgotten is the fear, the fright more…

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