Yellow Springs

 

In a hollow off the main road

sits a village that time forgot

Where things flow, a little slow

and peace of mind need not be bought

The main street beckons all to see

how life ebbed and flowed in the past

Where smiles abound, the happy sound

of a life not metered nor fast

 

There you'll find the town Silversmith

making jewelry in a forge

The coffeehouse, echos of Strauss

a trodden path out to the gorge

It is home to the Glen Helen

part of a thousand acre woods

Steering the helm, coin of the realm

are the fruits of the craftsman's goods

 

There by the Antioch College

we spent a good deal of our youth

Climbing the trees, skinning our knees

among beauty we knew as truth

 You might just see children playing

Hide and Seek throughout the street

Where "all yee all yee in come free"

sings of a melody so sweet

 

So should you find that your bones ache

from the pains of life you endure

Take a stroll, over the knoll

to the little town with the cure

 

 

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Author's Note

What can I say about this village but it is heaven on earth? Here you will think you went back to the 60s. The art fairs and galleries are accented by the ancient architecture. Home to Antioch College and the Glen Helen it echos back to a simpler time. You won't find Target or Walmart. You will see and meet the local artisans. Perhaps you will even find a music festival out on main street. You will never want to leave. For here is where memories and dreams were made and still live.

Reviews

[Barbz]

Big cities seemed to be my fate, Atlantic to Pacific, not that I'm complaining, as my life has been Teriffic.We did, however,take our young to villages and towns where beauty, old world culture and unscathed charm, abounds........Barbz. (Sorry for the rhyme, I do it all the time......seems natural to me....perhaps it's OCD, lol)

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you barb Yeah i wish i lived there still

[Woody]

makes my heart ache for yeateryears. maybe, as I'm getting on in years, I'm becoming a sentimental old fart.
a sweet nostalgic piece. wonderful, Tate.

[Tate Morgan]

Hi Woody thank you yeah me too i loved this little town it refuses to grow up as do i

[MomzillaNC]

Sounds like a lovely respite from the rush of our tech-driven society.

[Tate Morgan]

Thanks you would love the place turn off your phone and stroll the main street

[MomzillaNC]

I try to stay off my phone most of the time anyway. But, it'd be nice to see my son interested in something besides tech.

[Tate Morgan]

there is little of the tech world here as most are interested in real life. last year i ran into dave chapell at the coffee shop as this is where he went to retire from Hollywood the natives tell me he is a regular

[MomzillaNC]

Comedy Central's Dave Chapell? Cool.

[Tate Morgan]

yep that shim he lives about two miles outta town just past the little school other side of the golf course where i attended grade school. I remember 30 people sitting on that golf course blowing bubbles as a child lol

[MomzillaNC]

There's a little town in TN called "Mumford" like that. There's no main road through the town and it's remained a sort of escape from modernity.

[Tate Morgan]

cant say i have ever been there

[Leslie Philibert]

A good write, and well presented with excellent graphics..

[Tate Morgan]

Hi Leslie so nice to see you again It has been a while since last we spoke.

[David Lewis Paget]

Reminiscent of some country towns here in South Australia and Victoria, Tate. Most are unspoilt to this moment in time, but probably won't be for too much longer. Once the developer gets a toe-hold, the history slowly disappears. I really like this one though, nostalgic and picturesque.

[Tate Morgan]

David thank you It is a sweet little town. The city council makes sure that no large retailers get inside the city limits. There are only about 5000 residents and a college. Heaven forbid they ever make the mistake of opening the flood gates .They will surely lose everything if they do Thank you

[EMMIE]

Sounds like a little Heaven to me...makes me want to visit. Great poem, gives me a worm feeling!

[Tate Morgan]

Thank you Emmie it is heaven one forgets to look at their watch . Turn off your phone and take in the sounds and sights of yesteryear.

[Matching Socks]

Lovely poem that transports the reader on a little trip to this piece of paradise.
Beautiful, Tate. Nicely penned.

[Tate Morgan]

thank you Ana a window into my past here. and the dreams of a this adult for his own child

[wordman]

i have seen a villiage like this around gattlinburg,tn it was a pleasure to visit and to read your poem
i enjoyed the walk through yesterday when things were much different than today.
a much slower pace and happier place

[Tate Morgan]

Wordman Thank you We as a people have crushed the little man out of existence and with him the ingenuity that he possessed .Now everything is made for mass consumption.Yellow springs Is full of art shows astrologers a glass shop where you can see glass blown into everything from tables to ornaments. The small town refuses to let stores like walmart in and rightly so They dont need them .There is one grocery . two little theatres many head shops music stores and community gatherings open top all. There is a bike path paved that runs for over a hundred miles past scenic vistas of farms ponds and valleys.

[wordman]

tate, we will never be there again in this life time but i sure miss my little hometown
we had every thing you could need.might have to shop 2 or 3 stores to get it all but
the shopping was fun we still have that town and a lot of small businesses there
but nothing like it used to be

[Tate Morgan]

I know what you mean we spent our lives talking to these men and women I loved one place where a pot belly stove was center stage to the dinning room where a afternoon sandwich was followed by the heat of the stove and old country stories of the big one