Belmont Hills - 2017


Some poems track emotion

This one captures place

Neighborhoods delineated

By their vistas and space

 

Off Ralston, there's a point looking north to ‘Frisco.

Scan west toward the ocean and watch the mist

Gently gliding hungry fingers 'round rounded hills.

Look east to the Bay, shimmering and sun-kissed.

 

One of the first thing you notice, is trees are everywhere.

We have been recognized as a Tree City USA

By the Arbor Day Foundation, nine years running.

Husbanding our terra firma, year after year after year.

 

At our heart is Ralston and Alameda de las Pulgas.

Senior Living on the corner southwest.

Three churches draw north and south

Crowds for worship, Greek and Chocolate-fest.

 

Carlmont Shopping Village sits south east,

A beautiful thriving gem with

Bank, grocery, restaurants, hardware, plants.

Walkway's covered. …Oh, go see them.

 

A priority is schooling, both public and private:

Notre Dame de Namur, Carlmont High,

Charles Armstrong, Ralston Middle, Cipriani

Fox, Serendipity, Central. My oh my.

 

Parks, walking trails, even paths for Bikes

Water Dog Lake, Cipriani Field, Hallmark, McDougal,

To name a few.  And Semeria has a playground we like.

Crystal Springs Cross Country, Sugarloaf Spur, Saddle

 

Belmont means beautiful mountain

And I’d say its name is apt

‘Cause as we walk its hills

With beauty, we are wrapped