D&R Greenway Land Trust's Scott & Hella McVay Poetry Trail

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D&R Greenway Land Trust's Scott & Hella McVay Poetry Trail

New Jersey

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1 mile, easy. The trail begins at an allée of century-old hybrid sycamore trees, moves up the hill past newly planted American chestnuts and loops a meandering mile down through a meadow. Forty-eight poems feature the work of poets from fourteen countries and cultures. The common thread is the poet’s close read of some aspect of the natural world. The Scott and Hella McVay Poetry Trail speaks to the symbiotic relationship between art and nature