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Tag Archives: speckled trout
Speckled Trout (The Vandermark)
The following reflects a distant time when I first noticed the desire to write creatively. More than pure nostalgia, the photo-poem is aimed at the place where a traveler starts out on a journey uncertain of its destination. Creating it has … Continue reading
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Tagged astral weeks, brook trout, kerouac, photo-poem, poetry of place, speckled trout, Vandermark Creek, walt franklin poetry
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Speckled Trout: More Views From the Hill
“The streams were full of speckled trout until they built the saw mills.”– Dennis McGraw, Pioneer Life in Greenwood, 1888 The term “speckled trout,” in this report, does not refer to the saltwater species of that name, but refers to Salvelinus fontinalis, … Continue reading
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Tagged brook trout, Dennis McGraw, Dryden Hill, Greenwood, Marcellus Shale, NY, pioneer life, speckled trout
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Rivertop Rambles 