Rising pasture as if viewed from angel flight br A mind-blowing beautiful East West imagery br br The central topography high up on the hill br To left and east amazing views, hard wood forests br br Mature soaring and stately red maples, buckeyes br Black cherries, silver-bells, pignuts, red oaks, hemlocks br br Several hundred feet below a snaking Powell br River gurgles pristine over to Norris Lake br br Monumental Cumberland Mountain Chains in full br View, just over those peaks views of old Kentucky br br The peninsular surrounded in Tennessee br Valley Authority’s glistening assignment br br Remote, isolated, secluded and gorgeous br Multicolored green quilts lay far out beyond br br Revealing one gray and weathered century old barn br A distant farmhouse’s chimney sends out kisses of peace br br Amazing graces to our country’s history, Indians br Of past hunted noble buffalo and became br br Cast away savages sent away from sacred lands br Fortune seeking immigrants slowly worked bands br br Of great covered wagon teams in Westward dreams br An animation filled in spirit and courage br br Sometimes catalogued property of Kentucky br Both Grant and Lee captured the Cumberland Gap br br Prized the ability to see great distances br Into wilderness, both raw pain and grand beauty br br Intermingle in ancient earth, a warriors’ path, br A settler’s hopeful promise, a rich hunting ground, br br A perilous place of adventure, a Union’s grace br All steeped in an awe inspiring beauty br br (Hoping and Praying for this place in Tennessee br December 29,2006)br br Debora Shortbr br