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Sorrow's Void |
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poettothecars Senior Member
since 2006-02-10
Posts 1093New Zealand 
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5474 Sorrow’s Void 14 June 2006 Like an angel cast into an Ontarian sun her hazel eyes a reflection upon joy Every winter her shadow those summer’s never to forget Her happiness all for eyes to want deep down touching within This flavour, this nectar the icing, her frosting to thaw Lips of ponderance, thoughts to shade pain A lamplight glowing, her soul at rest in kind Like an angel cast into an Ontarian sun in this city of waterfalls, her haven to shelter Every drop another tear from God’s eyes His pupils, her sanctuary void of sorrow The city of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, has long been recognized as the “Steel City”. Although there are at least seventy waterfalls within the city limits and some of these waterfalls were well known, no one recognized that no other city of Hamilton’s size contained so many waterfalls until Jerry Lawton did in 1999 when he introduced the idea of Hamilton as “The City of Waterfalls”. The easy access to limestone from the Niagara Escarpment, coal mined in Appalachia, iron ore mined from the Canadian Shield and export markets through the Great Lakes-Saint Lawrence system made Hamilton an important iron- and steel-producing city. Diverse steel works combined to form the Steel Company of Canada in 1910 and the Dominion Steel Casting Company in 1912. The escarpment is in many places a 100 metre (330 foot) vertical wall of limestone shale with many waterfalls and creeks falling over it; including Stoney Creek, Red Hill Creek, Grindstone Creek, Spencer Gorge Waterfall and Chedoke Creek — flow over the Escarpment and into Hamilton Harbour. The Hamilton portion of the larger Niagara Escarpment, runs from western New York to Georgian Bay. It is the world's longest escarpment. © 2006 Christopher W Herbert (a New Zealand Poet) a poet who cares |
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Marge Tindal 
since 1999-11-06
Posts 42384Florida's Foreverly Shores |
Thank you for this ... I love waterfalls~ *Huglets*  ~*Marge*~ ~*The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but it's echo endures much longer*~ |
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Lighthousebob Member Elite
since 2000-06-14
Posts 4725California |
Thank you for the short geography lesson. It's always interesting to learn about other places. Your poem was very well written and sentimental as well. I liked the comparison of God's tears to all the waterfalls in the area. Enjoyed reading. -Bob |
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poettothecars Senior Member
since 2006-02-10
Posts 1093New Zealand |
Thank you for your comments as they are always a blessing. Given at times I am considered to be arrogant or out of place with my form of poetry and footnotes, and at times pip is one of those places, I am left to wonder if I belong. While I believe the concept of my footnotes or explanatory notes are an aid to assist the reader with the poem. a poet who cares |
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