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At the Appalachian Trail, Woodford, VT

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At the Appalachian Trail, Woodford, VT

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The poem tells all this.

Date

July 17, 2020

Contributor

Charles Rossiter

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At the Appalachian Trail, Woodford, VT

There are a dozen cars in the parking lot
despite overcast skies and light rain.

Beside the river the air has that fresh
forest aroma, no doubt the phytoncides

the trees exude. It’s a pleasant 70 degrees.
Being wet, the leaves are bright and shining.

There’s white noise from the river running
over rocks and the hum of tires on route 9

A lone hiker with a big red backpack appears,
heading south, then a woman and a little girl.

Life iss perfectly normal here by the trail.
You’d never know there’s a pandemic

going on in the rest of the world.
The only thing different about me

is the red bandana around my neck, ready
to pull up into a mask should a friendly

nature lover want to stop a while and chat.

July 17, 2020

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, “At the Appalachian Trail, Woodford, VT,” COVID-19 Archive, accessed March 29, 2024, https://covid-19.digitalvermont.org/items/show/400.