Category: Chippawa Creek
-
On the Bridge at Chippawa by David Hobberlin
hobberlin I love to experience the wind at Chippawa whenever the Westerly blows strong. How it presses back the eager boughs. How it scuffs the tops of the water crests that so mark the dark river’s frown. How it seeks to scour this single bridge that spans the narrows still. How it empties itself where…
-
[Father Louis Hennepin] by Captain Flynn
Straight up Frontenac’s Northmost side Ever a West he sailed, Crossing in blessed Advent tide, Landing on great Niagara’s shore. South he turned to a sullen roar; His Crucifix on his heart he bore; Never his spirit failed. Now Glory to God, whose hand did forge This wondrous watery road! On ragged rim of the…
-
The Chippawa Creek by Anonymous
As the Chippawa Creek crept along by its banks, Or, as poets would say, “was a-flowing,” Though a fish that had spent his whole life in its stream Could scarce tell you which way it was going, And this fine gold-laced frog leaped lively about, Quite gay in his gaudy green coat, Or the large…