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LItErary LoDE
LItErary LoDE
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LItErary LoDE
I Have
known
green
Mountain
Meadows
T I M C R A W F O R D
Yes, I have known
Green mountain meadows,
and swam where blackbirds call,
And pools where stones and water glisten
In the bright hot rays of noontime sun;
And I have travelled newer, longer trails,
Feeling the tug of packstraps on my back,
Hearing the soft slow tread of mountain men —
(My ancestors who knew the Oberland)
Re-echoed on Montana's scarce-known hills.
And I have camped at night by ice-walled lakes
Above the clouds.
I wonder why the pavements hurt my feet.
Ed. Note: This poem appeared in 1925 in
The Frontier. John Frolicher then was a member
of the creative writing class at Montana State
University and an editor of the quarterly.
by joHN froHLICHEr
