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James Whitcomb Riley Poetry Hike
Description
Celebrate the "Hoosier Poet" James Whitcomb Riley and one of the natural places that inspired his work, Deer Creek. On Sunday, October 5 at 2 pm, Nick Harby will lead a hike and share poetry at NICHES Berkshire-Tarnowski Forest Preserve to commemorate Riley's 176th birthday.
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On the banks o' Deer Crick! There's the place fer me!
Worter slidin' past ye jes as clair as it kin be
See yer shadder in it, and the shadder o' the sky,
And the shadder o' the buzzard as he goes a-lazein' by;
Shadder o' the pizen-vines, and shadder o' the trees
And I purt'-nigh said the shadder o' the sunshine and the breeze!
Well, I never seen the ocean ner I never seen the sea:
On the banks o' Deer Crick's grand enough fer me!
- excerpt from "On the Banks of Deer Creek" by James Whitcomb Riley
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