by Nick Smerker | Feb 8, 2022 | Allegheny West Gazette
Contact: Bob Griewahn | president@alleghenywest.org The icy winds of winter have been blowing, and we’ve had snow on the ground for a few weeks now. Like Hardy, we have also had our share of grey days and early evenings. I have waited for the Darkling Thrush (or...
by Nick Smerker | Dec 17, 2021 | Allegheny West Gazette
Contact: Bob Griewahn | president@alleghenywest.org Greetings from a December morning, as I write this. December brings colder weather and shorter days, so enjoy the long evenings in your cozy home (or the home of a friend). I hope you were able to make it to the...
by Nick Smerker | Jun 4, 2021 | Allegheny West Gazette
Drink to me only with thine eyes,And I will pledge with mine;Or leave a kiss within the cup,And I’ll not ask for wine.The thirst that from the soul doth riseDoth ask a drink divine;But might I of Jove’s nectar sup,I would not change for thine. ...
by Nick Smerker | May 6, 2021 | Allegheny West Gazette
The sun is bright, — the air is clear,The darting swallows soar and sing.And from the stately elms I hearThe bluebird prophesying Spring. So blue yon winding river flows,It seems an outlet from the sky,Where waiting till the west-wind blows,The freighted clouds...
by Nick Smerker | Apr 9, 2021 | Allegheny West Gazette
April is the cruelest… Too easy The sun was warm but the wind was chill.You know how it is with an April dayWhen the sun is out and the wind is still,You’re one month on, in the middle of May.But if you so much as dare to speak,A cloud comes over the sunlit...
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