a.
up the river valley we’ve come
to glacial world’s end
out-wash, kettle, ice-work
b.
tree-corpses glazed with snow
cold water driving granite
glimpse of bullrushes—ah! bogland
c.
the muskrats live a whole world here
their little neighborhood circled by tamarack
hunkering down now for winter
lima bog is a four-acre hard water bog lake surrounded by forest. tamarack and muskrat lodges greeted us as we came out of the wood to the open wetland area. early morning in the bog with the lowing of cows in the distance: can’t beat it.
