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RMW
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since 2001-03-21

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0 posted 2001-04-30 01:11 PM

Grizzly on the Yellowstone

Holy men say fog is spirit.
Warriors, but a blanket remnant
Torn by rock, or branch or clawing
When the valley sang with hunting.

Tourists find the morning pretty.
With fishing boots bought in the city
They step into a past that's swirling,
Heedless that the fog is lifting.

RMW

Janet Marie
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since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

1 posted 2001-04-30 01:51 PM

Holy men say fog is spirit.
Warriors, but a blanket remnant
Torn by rock, or branch or clawing
When the valley sang with hunting.
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what a very cool poem...
as is the title and imagery here.
very well done poet sir

There are two lasting bequests
that we can hope to instill in our children
one is roots ...
the other ... wings.

Sunshine

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since 1999-06-25

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Listening to every heart

2 posted 2001-04-30 01:53 PM

fog is indeed spirit....now and then, we should all walk in fog....

this is wonderful!

Corinne
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since 1999-10-28

Posts 5167
state of confusion

3 posted 2001-04-30 03:50 PM

They step into a past that's swirling,
Heedless that the fog is lifting.

My, but these are great lines, Bob.
Many people probably don't see the true Jellystone, but it would be hard to miss the spirit as it enters, simply by breathing the air.

Cor

Mabel A. Dilley
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since 2001-03-17

Posts 859
Seattle, WA, USA

4 posted 2001-05-01 04:58 PM

Grew up near there and travel back as frequently as possible. Thank you for reminding me of a paradise.

"I am not now that which I have been."

Joyce Johnson

Member Rara Avis

since 2001-03-10

Posts 9912
Washington State

5 posted 2001-05-01 05:00 PM

This is wonderful. Seen form tow viewpoints. Joyce

Martie

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California

6 posted 2001-05-02 11:07 AM

Bob--You have captured so well, two different ways of looking...very well done!

VAS
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since 2000-11-16

Posts 7450
Oregon

7 posted 2001-05-02 11:47 AM

Oh, Bob, this is superb! It has brought back to view a photo in the Sunday Oregonian this last Sunday...the "What a Shot" photo on the back of the Travel section. Did you see it?

Of course your poem lets the reader know much more than the surface beauty of that shot...but it is almost as if you wrote it for that photo...prior to the intrusion of people in the view.

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