The Old Towns, by Mark Danowsky

Jericho Valley, Winter, by John Folinsbee (USA) 1935

The Old Towns
  
A tiered expanse
                 to reflect on birth
 
We had family
                 from all over
 
Perhaps you do not
                 or prefer not to
                          acknowledge distance
 
How dark the sky appears
                 after snowfall
                          especially at dusk
 
The old towns
                 must remain weathered  
                           or lose their identity
 
We cannot abandon
                           our gray roots

Mark Danowsky

Mark Danowsky is author of the poetry collection As Falls Trees (NightBallet Press, 2018). His poems have appeared in Eunoia Review, Gargoyle, The Healing Muse, North Dakota Quarterly, Peacock Journal, and elsewhere. He’s Managing Editor for the Schuylkill Valley Journal.