Hudson River Vignettes (a poem)

The Hudson River roils with swells

as though it were a miniature sea

astride the gray towers of Manhattan,

but I prefer the Hudson way upstream

at least as far as the open Tappan Zee

where we can follow woodsy riverside trails

from high ridges switching back and forth

down to the river's edge or walking along

the pier and Piermont to be surprised by a

few fishermen and their own native totem pole.

But just to enjoy the sweeping views of the

mighty Hudson River cutting through hundreds

of misty gray mountains is surely quite enough!