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The mailbox in front of The Frost Place in Franconia, New Hampshire, where the late poet's name recently melted. |
3.5-year drought melts Robert Frost's name by Margo Morgan, Poetic License columnist FRANCONIA, NH -- Residents of this sleepy village in western New Hampshire retired this evening to the startling news that Robert Frost’s name had melted, the unfortunate, albeit inanimate, victim of the region’s worst-drought-of-the-century (which, admittedly, has only just begun). "This is the darkest evening of the year," moaned longtime, but forlorn, Franconian Goldie Eden, the lovely, dark and deep curator of the Frost museum. “I had promised to keep his name alive in the collective heart of the world, and now this. Nothing but water remains on the leaves of his poetic tomes. Pages are dripping where once the solid Frost name stood.” "Even my little horse must think it queer," she whispered sadly. In silent respect, fans of Frost line the road in front of the white clapboard house where the bard once lived. The despondent mailbox bearing his now-soupy name droops in grief. The only other sound’s the sweep of easy wind. The last time Franconia--and Frost--met such adversity was in the now-defunct twentieth century when Frost, attempting to stop by woods on a snowy evening, was forced to plod through puddles, which nearly ended his career. Stymied by unseasonably warm temperatures that year, he may never have created his now-famous poem had a windfall snowfall not slammed the land behind his country home. No such luck this time. Heretofore, such poems as “Nothing Gold Can Stay” and “The Road Not Taken,” penned by the man formerly known as Robert Frost, will bear the moniker Robert Slush. Margo Morgan received her poetic license in Yakima, Washington, and drove miles before she slept. She is currently residing between the woods and the frozen lake. SHARE
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