There is a blackness like a furl of smoke
hurtling and twisting fast across the sky—
it shudders and explodes
and shards of shrapnel fly
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Dear John Beaton, there is a Beaten track in the journey one takes on South Simcoe Railway. It is a beautiful poem and it is fitting that it win but as I inform you, I have ridden the South Simcoe Railway and been to the Beaten track. Is it your painting for it is apt and well done.
Such a well crafted poem! Thanks for sharing!