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VAS
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0 posted 2001-07-21 10:54 AM


Desert Passage
Virginia Salter

basalt knobs rise
out of straw-yellow grasses,
vie for space among
olive-drab sage

miles and miles
of desert growth reigns
‘neath pastel shades of blue
edged with cottony billows

high rock faces
stand above the desert floor
ribbon of road trims the land
along river’s banks

lake after lake,
of Columbia formed,
teem with life,
bring same to land’s yield


© August 4,  2000

© Copyright 2001 Virginia Salter - All Rights Reserved
JLR
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1 posted 2001-07-21 10:59 AM


Natures poet you are!  Beautiful.
VAS
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2 posted 2001-07-21 11:12 AM


thanks, JLR, your encouragement is priceless!
Flutterwings
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Maine
3 posted 2001-07-21 11:49 AM


Van Gogh could not have painted it any more expressively! Bravo!   ((~.~))


VAS
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4 posted 2001-07-21 12:08 PM


Wow!  Thanks you, Flutterwings!
mirror man
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5 posted 2001-07-21 10:31 PM


Yes, your landscape painting is remarkably vivid.  Very good.
Poeminister
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Regina SK; Canada
6 posted 2001-07-22 05:11 PM


A beautiful painting.  Nicely limned.  
shadow974
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since 2001-06-21
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Michigan
7 posted 2001-07-22 05:32 PM


Very nice, I could see it clearly in my minds eye.

Do not fear going forward slowly,
Fear only standing still.

[This message has been edited by shadow974 (edited 07-22-2001).]

Charisma
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8 posted 2001-07-22 05:32 PM


vivid image you've painted here....loved it.

Charisma

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