- WATER -
Bassenthwaite Lake
a pedant’s delight–
only call a lake as such
when the map says so
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Blea Tarn
with a Pikes backdrop
my stones skip across the ice
–a magical day
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Boo Tarn
you’ll get a surprise
walking on Walna Scar Road–
but quite a small one
Burnmoor Tarn
what eerie shadow
suffuses this gloomy spot?
–an equine spirit!
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Buttermere
a round-the-lake walk
surpassing any other–
is this perfection?
Coniston Water
swift Sialia . . .
even a taste of Venice?
acqua speciale!
Derwentwater
circular boat trips
and an inhabited isle–
Surprise View’s purpose
Ennerdale Water
unspoiled by traffic–
wooded walks, no town in sight–
one for the purists
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Grasmere
the Rothay tarries–
a Terrace view on offer–
your heart melts away . . .
Scale Force
a narrow fissure
effects a slender cascade
–Red Pike's show-off piece
Tarn Hows
three tarns become one . . .
nature and nurture combine . . .
camera fodder
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Ullswater
Wordsworth elated–
a golden host seen close by–
such fine words for all
Grisedale Tarn
Wordsworth in mourning–
brothers finally parted–
such anguish for one
Windermere
holmes detected here . . .
also steamers and ferries
–but please watch your speed