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Oh, Magical Great One
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Oh, Magical Great One |
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Alison 
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! 
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 Oh, Magical Great One Such magnificent beauty stilled my heart; it bestowed awe upon all those who gazed. The Great One, Denali, rose from the clouds, and it created a magical day. With a glance, the mountain shifted the clouds, and washed the sky in various shades of blue. It loomed, alone, over hill tops of green, proudly enhancing the beautiful view. Denali gave a gift to me that day, offering beauty so hard to believe. The memory will linger forever; the day the mountain decided to please. Such magnificent beauty stilled my heart, and created a magical day. The Great One, Denali, rose from the clouds, and bestowed awe upon all those who gazed. --- Alison |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
Fine imagery...both poetic and photographic! applause!! |
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Jaime Fradera Senior Member
since 2000-11-25
Posts 843Where no tyranny is tolerable |
Ali ... At first I thought I would have to look up what Denali was, and then I suddenly remembered: Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! There is something in here; this is a vision too elemental, too breathtaking to describe in words, so I am trying to imagine it. High up in the clouds above the freezing layer. Is there still snow on it? Is there a clacier more or less permantly on it? Why am I so taken with clouds, altitude and snow in the middle of summer? Wandering around in paradise ... J |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
Sooo very beautiful, Alison. Ida |
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Mysteria
since 2001-03-07
Posts 18328British Columbia, Canada |
Oh Kacy is going to love this glimpse back at her old stomping grounds. The first time I saw Denali my breath was taken, as it is every so often Mt. Ranier shows its lovely face to me up here. Lovely poem Alison. |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Oh, true majestic heights, dear Alison, beautifully rendered by you in every way! Breathing in the beauty in awe. Love and hugs. Margherita  |
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Dark Stranger Member Patricius
since 2001-03-19
Posts 13631West Coast |
ms ali-san, I enjoy your photos of life around you...such a treat to see and read your images |
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graeshine2006 Member
since 2008-06-03
Posts 368The Prairie Lands, USA |
Love this: "The Great One, Denali, rose from the clouds,and bestowed awe upon all those who gazed." Very nice write, Alison, of course, they always are! |
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2islander2 Member Ascendant
since 2008-03-12
Posts 6825by the sea |
Dear Alison, enjoyed both the picture and the write...I like very much watching and can't help admiring the mountains and national parks, I wish I will go there next summer. yann |
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Honeybunch Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-29
Posts 7115South Africa |
Beautiful, Alison - both words and picture! Helen |
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XGarapanX Senior Member
since 2008-06-19
Posts 1435Antarctica |
Grand and breath taking. ·´~`·»Garapan«·´~`· |
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vandana
since 1999-10-22
Posts 10463USA |
liked it |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Bruce, Thank you for all the kind support that you have offered to me here on the pages of PiP. I love seeing that you are writing again. I am catching up this weekend with my reading and anticipating reading your poetry. Friends, Alison |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Dear Jaime, I think that this response may turn out to be a letter - so hang in with me, okay? I spent my birthday at Denali Park. This is an interesting and beautiful national park. It is huge - actually it is larger than the state of Massachusetts (did I spell that right?). The park is home to Mount McKinley (Alaskans tend to call the mountain "Denali"). Denali is the Alaskan Indian word for "The Great One". The state of Alaska has wanted to change the name from Mount McKinley to Denali but it has to be passed by Congress. The Senior Senator from Ohio blocks the bill every year when the senate convenes. President McKinley was from Ohio and .. they want to keep the name of the mountain to honor him. When I was at the park the other day, I took an eleven hour trip by bus into Wonder Lake. That's about 26 miles from the mountain. When I left in the morning (I took the 5:30 am bus), it was overcast and raining. Within two hours the sun came out and Denali was showing. It was amazing. I have seen it many times before, but it is such an amazing mountain. Denali is the tallest mountain in North America. It has the highest vertical slope in the world. It is snow covered and has glaciers and crevices. The mountain creates its own weather so even with the sun shining, sometimes it is hidden in clouds. There is an abundance of wildlife in the park. There are few trails and very few roads. The traffic is heavily controlled and animals are the priority. People can not really interact with them much. So, I saw grizzly bears, caribou, mountain sheep, Golden Eagles, and so many more beautiful birds and animals. I hope that this helps you see what I saw on that wonderful day. Your friend, Alison |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Ida, Thank you for enjoying my day with me. Alison ----------- Mysteria, I also love both mountains. Thank you for reading and enjoying. Alison ------------ Thank you, darling Margherita. Hugs and love right backatcha. xoxoxo Alison ------------ D, my dear friend - Thank you. A ------------ graeshine2006 Thank you a lot. I am not sure that they all are - but I am really happy that you enjoy my poems. Alison ------------ yann When you go, I really hope you have a day like I did. Alison ------------ Helen, Thank you. Hugs, Alison ----------- XGarapanX Thank you. Alison ------------ vandana, Thank you. Alison |
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Jaime Fradera Senior Member
since 2000-11-25
Posts 843Where no tyranny is tolerable |
Alison. There is a volcano or place in Alaska called the valley of ten thousand smokes. I think it is a crater or field of fissures in the ground from which steam and volcanic gasses escape. We read about it back in kiddy school many many moons ago. It erupted, I think, in 1912 and the eruption sculpted a formation called the valley of ten thousand smokes. The eruption was so violent that it hurled dust into the stratosphere which rode the westerlies around the world. I have read that, at times, in summer, the parts, teeth, and even the entire carcasses of prehistoric creatures may get washed out at glacial moraines, the bodies having been frozen and perfectly preserved for thousands of years since the height of the last ice age 20-000 years ago, so well preserved that even the color of their fur is apparent and even their stomach contents completely preserved. This has always been so fascinating to me, actual specimens of animals that lived during the ice age before the Americas were even inhabited by humans. I read a book by Farley Mowat, in which he relates the rich folklore and elaborate mythologies of the Eskimo people that dates from before the discovery of the new world. The people that inhabited the North actually already had names for themselves, and were called "Eskimo" by the Europeans who considered them to be savages. Jaime |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Sniffling here, feeling a bit homesick for that gorgeous mountain!!! Thank you, so very very much, for the write and the lovely photo. Mysteria was right, I adore this post!!! (Into my library of treasures.) |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
Alison, thank you for all of your poems and photographs of Alaska! I have always wanted to visit there ~ and to fish for Arctic Wind ~ I mean Arctic Char! lol You just brought the wonder and awe of that great mountain into my home office! Awwwww! Magnificent post ~ and a   Love to you! Linda xo |
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Jaime Fradera Senior Member
since 2000-11-25
Posts 843Where no tyranny is tolerable |
Alison! I have just realized this has a picture? But you had already painted it so beautifuly in words for me! ... I am falling in love with your enchating Arctic visions ... Snugs Jaime |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Alison, tears of emotional awe at the beauty of your poem, your photo and your prose description. - Owl |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
quite a place, thank you for sharing it with us. |
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Richy Member Elite
since 2003-05-03
Posts 3050 |
I've seen the three sisters quite a few times on my visits to my family up in Oregon, but I have never had the pleasure of visiting Alaska, and her mother mountain. How many times I've stopped at our Mt. Shasta in Cali on my travels up north, just to gaze at her majesty. These castles to the sky are, natures momuments of glory, symbolizing forever, standing guard over all, as they reach for the heavens. Great job Alison! Rich  |
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LindsayP Member Elite
since 2007-07-28
Posts 3410Australia, Victoria |
You paint a beautiful picture of that wondrous mountain Alison and I can certainly agree with what you say. My wife and I went looking for grizzly bears in the foothills around that great mountain and we were very fortunate in seeing eleven. A great write my friend, much enjoyed. Lindsay |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Dear Jaime, I have never been to Katmai, but it is another national park and has lots of bear. I'd love to go see it too. I either have the Fawley Mohat book or my mom does. I'll have to dig it up and read it. I don't think I have ever read it. Another book that is really good that you might enjoy is "White Dawn" It's about whalers who are iced in for the winter and live with the Eskimo. It's a really powerful book. Thanks for reading my poems, Jaime. Alison |
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Alison
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Darling Kacy, I am so glad that you share my world. I can't think of anyone better to smile and share the vision with. xoxoxo Alison ------------ Linda, I love to fish - for men or fish - and I think you would be a blast to fish with. xoxoxo Alison ------------- Jaime, You paid me the best compliment ever! Alison ------------- -Owl, Thank you for seeing also. xoxoox Alison -------------- Barry, Thank you. Your appreciation is a wonderful gift. Alison -------------- Rich, Thank you, my friend. You have become a special part of my PiP world here. Alison ----------- Lindsay, Thank you. You have shared so much of your world with us - I am happy to help you see mine. Love, Alison |
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