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Trillium 
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA 
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The Land Beneath the Lake Beneath the reservoir's calm face, There lies a silent, haunted place. A village, drowned long years before. Now fish swim out each open door And when conditions are just right, If you go rowing out, you might, Still see the houses, when you peer Into the depths so green and clear! It gives a feeling very strange To see how people could arrange Every road, each house and tree, Not ever dreaming they would be A forfeit to a dam to make This resevoir, this placid lake And as I hover overhead I wonder what these people said When they were told about their fate? What feelings did this news create? I know how I would feel if I Were forced to leave my home nearby. They also must have much enjoyed These hills and woods. I can't avoid A guilty feeling when I see Their sacrifice, so folks like me Can row and fish and watch the loons. Listening to their yodeling tunes. Perhaps they voice an elegy For all the dreams not meant to be! Betty Lou Hebert |
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Annie78 Member
since 2003-10-03
Posts 469here then there then back here |
WOW what a picture you have penned here....I really like this. Annie there is but a short time to exist, love,laugh,live and never stop believing in miracles |
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Joyce Johnson
since 2001-03-10
Posts 9912Washington State |
Dear Betty What a thoughtful empathetic writing. I enjoyed it very much. Joyce |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
Annie: Thanks! I was visiting a resevoir near us, several years ago, and the sight of the drowned village, has stayed with me! Love Betty Lou |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
Dear Joyce: Thanks for reading and glad you enjoyed it! Happy New Year to you! Love Betty Lou Betty Lou Hebert |
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MUSEconnieSEconnie Member
since 2006-02-28
Posts 74california |
THIS FABULOUS WRITE REMINDS ME OF WHEN THE CITY TOOK OUR HOME FOR A FREEWAY THEN NEGLECTED TO BUILD IT FOR 15 YEARS!!!! IT HITS HOME BUT MAINLY, IT IS JUST WONDER--FULL. IT ALSO MADE ME THINK OF THE TITANIC. KUDOS DARLIN'... MUCHO KUDOS. I AM BLIND/I POST IN CAPS. FORGIVE IF THEY ARE UNCOMFORTABLE. A VOICE READER HELPS ME READ POSTS. MY SCR-NAME POSTED WRONG, IT IS MUSEconnieHUES |
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Verbena Member
since 2005-10-17
Posts 196Australia |
Dear Betty Lou It is sad when people have to leave their homes to make way for the sake of 'progress', so to speak! This is a wonderful poem that showed a lot of empathy for these people who lost their homes to make way for that dam! Love Verbena xo |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
MUSEconnieHUES: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. I'M VERY SORRY TO HEAR THAT YOUR PROPERTY WAS CONFISCATED AND THEN NOT USED FOR 15 YEARS! ONE HEARS OF THIS HAPPENING FAR TOO OFTEN. I'M GLAD YOU ENJOYED THE POEM. THIS LITTLE TOWN WAS SUBMERGED BY A DAM THAT WAS BUILT. THE PEOPLE WERE ALL RE-LOCATED, BUT THEY STILL MISSED THEIR ORIGINAL SITE. TRILLIUM Betty Lou Hebert |
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Trillium
since 2001-03-09
Posts 12098Idaho, USA |
Dear Verbena: Yes, I thought it was a sad event too. It was quite eerie to be able to row over it in a boat and see the submerged town below, when the conditions were right. Love Betty Lou Betty Lou Hebert |
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