Reading

WRITTEN FOR ABC WEDNESDAY

READING
(An Acrostic)

Rush and tumble! Noise and speed!

Enter a new world when you read!

All the flurry fades away

Din and chaos dare not stay.

In words, you find the things you need.

New or old, a book to read

Grants you the right to sit awhile

Then face the rude world with a smile.

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THE DESCENT.

It's a hilly old place, our town.

Here's a view from the top looking down,

Through the shopping streets way below

To where Hunter's waters flow..

Climbing up to the top is a feat,

Hence the railings they've put by the street,

But it's always worth the climb

For the view to my rear is sublime.

Imagine you turn around,

And this is what you'll have found....

The Pacific Ocean wide,

Spreading on every side.

It's a watery place our city,

The Hunter River is pretty;

The ocean is wide and blue

And we're between the two.

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