Shaded Maple Hallways, Canadian Reflections

Shaded maple hallways, leaves abundantly growing.

Majestic storming waterways, holy as Holy Water.

These are part of us. These help define.

Glass and steel accomplishments jumble like

edifices of hope in cities of gloating pride.

We are these cities. We are these shapes.

History written and history being written

of yesterdays, now and tomorrow.

Cold of Winter and hot of Summer,

placid Fall and anticipating Spring.

So many Illusions, so many soft dreams!

These too are wrapped in our myth.

Canada, our Canada, once again

celebrates the escaping vowels

of national delight. We are humble

and yet we are arrogant in pride.

We are one people united under one Crown, 

one stumbling picture, one dabbling future.

Merchants and priests. Politicians and

ordinary workers. Poets and dreamers,

these are also our definitions. We surprise

and we are surprised. We surrender to

our tossing hearts, we gesture with hope

to images of our future. Oh dear land

of contrasts and similarities, we live for and

in you. Shaded maple hallways, leaves 

abundantly growing. Majestic storming 

waterways, holy as Holy Water.

Reviews

[Neva Flores - Changeful..]

a beautiful tribute!

[Newspaper Skeleton]

Wow. What a wonderfully detailed, amazingly written piece.

[Layla J Omorose]

Another beautifully written poem with depth and meaning. Great job.

[w]

Your alliteration in "holy as Holy Water" is worth a thousand pictures.

[Cole Hayley]

Very smooth flowing poetry. Each line bleeds into the next, very well done.

[Swapz747]

Very Lovely piece sir .. :-)

[Aristede Craig Jr]

i loved this i felt the flag raising

[Maria.F.T]

It is such a love to a country

[rosemary keogh]

so inspiring Chris. thanks for sharing

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Reading this I could kind of relate to the pride and the beauty you can feel towards a country or place. I myself am not from Canada, but I would love to go there someday especially by the way you described it as above. A great write, I could feel your own happiness and dignity towards your country!