Here Upcountry: Poems of New Hampshire

by James Hofford.

"Up here, upcountry, we don't need no museums. We live in 'em."

My favorite poem in this book is called "By the Contoocook" and it's a beautiful description of a snow squall. This paperback book is 112 pages of poems by my friend and neighbor, longtime New Hampshire resident Jim Hofford, charmingly illustrated with drawings by our mutual friend Joyce Paradis.