Category: Blue Ridge Mountains
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Water in the Hills
Water dripping off a rock in western North Carolina A tiny waterfall in western North Carolina Water dripping off a rock in western North Carolina Mingus Mill. Cherokee, North Carolina. Porters Creek. Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Cataloochee Creek. Waynesville, North Carolina. Mingo Falls. Cherokee, North Carolina. Mingus Creek. Cherokee, North Carolina. -
Spring in Cades Cove
Cades Cove, Tennessee 
American black bear (Ursus americana) at Cades Cove, Tennessee 
Eastern wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) at Cades Cove, Tennessee 
Cades Cove Missionary Baptist Church (1915). Cades Cove, Tennessee. 
Sanctuary of Cades Cove Missionary Baptist Church. Cades Cove, Tennessee. 
Looking out a window at Cades Cove Missionary Baptist Church. Cades Cove, Tennessee. 
Barn at Tipton Place. Cades Cove, Tennessee. 
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Cold, Cold Mountain
Dawn at Cold Mountain, North Carolina The bitch threw momma off the mountain.
She said it was an accident at the time.
Momma was an angry old monster —
‘Twas more “reap what you sow” than a crime.
As momma went tumbling down the hillside,
The bitch rubbed her hands with glee.
Now momma haunts the bitch like a devil,
And she don’t give a damn about me.
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A Man of No Land
Cades Cove, Tennessee I’m like a tree after its leaves have fallen:
Without immediate identity;
Nothing attached to me.
In the mist I stand quietly,
My roots sunk deep in substance no one sees.
Nothing will sway me.
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The Hazy Hills of Carolina
Haze in the Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina 
View from Mount Mitchell, North Carolina 
Craggy Gardens, North Carolina