BREATHE IN MY ENGLAND

Saxon names of places
magical and blue,
the geographic
Lakeland scenes-
Hallen Fell, Skiddaw,
names ancient, pre-dating
calm.

Romantic Englands'
pretty jewel- in contrast
to other mountains
mileu.

Beacon Tarn and
moss-covered bridges
like wistful retreats, make
Lakeland's lofty
perspectives a
treat.

Breathe in my England,
the views to inspire.
Jaw-dropping tracts
meandering valleys
hewn
from vengeful Titans
to shape and tarry
hard places,
now benign.

Still lovely
my England,
still lovely
beyond
compare.


Ellie LaCrosse