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Abe
Senior Member

since 2003-05-28

Posts 694
Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end!

0 posted 2004-09-30 12:40 PM

MOUNT SAINT HELENS

Snow capped peaks and ridges
Almost two miles high
A lovely sight She was
Reaching toward the sky.

A lake held to Her breast
Its waters cold and clear
Its name, from Indian lore
That was conceived in fear.

They felt the whole region
Had belonged to the dead
They wouldn't go near it
They believed what was said.

Spirit Lake was a gem
That sparkled in the light
But Her brilliance is gone
Now, just a desolate site.

The mountain had been quiet
A hundred years, two score.
And then in May of '80
She came to life once more.

More than five hundred bombs
Of the atomic size --
The energy She spent
As She took to the skies.

Up sixty thousand feet
She threw Her ash and dust
And made those who saw it
Cry out --"In God we trust!"

Two hundred miles away
They heard Her blow Her top
And those that lived near Her
Thought that She'd never stop.

Parts of Her were carried
By winds, clear 'round the earth
And land for miles around
Had lost all of its worth.

She vented Her anger
But don't think that She's done
And those with any sense
Would turn away and run.

For Old Mother Nature
Can be so soft and sweet
But if She wants to fight
You know She can't be beat.

It's just one more warning
One more that we won't heed
So we'll pay the price
And refuse to concede.

Del "Abe" Jones

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

1 posted 2004-09-30 12:48 PM

Smiling here, as I sit less than 75 miles from that Mt. today. And she is jumping a bit, making noises, maybe getting ready to hiss and remind all of us
we humans are NOT in charge of nature.

for the webcam shots of Mt Saint Helens http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/volcanocams/msh/

Bonnie j
Senior Member

since 2003-06-27

Posts 1588
Ohio

2 posted 2004-09-30 12:57 PM

I listened to the National Geographic last night and it was on Yellowstone and how she is a rumbling about. Telling of her power if she should explode.Scary.
BonBon

Susan
Member Ascendant

since 2004-03-27

Posts 5104
walking the surreal

3 posted 2004-09-30 08:06 PM

I remember placing envelopes on the front porch to catch the ash. Being sent home from school the day she erupted. The ever darkening sky. Wearing surgical masks due to the dust. And even today all the trinkets made with Mt. St. Helen Ash.

Enjoyed this- Susan

Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you. Joy is a state of mind.

miscellanea
Member Elite

since 2004-06-24

Posts 4060
OH

4 posted 2004-09-30 08:17 PM

Abe,
I liked your poem a lot. With great skill you conveyed lots of information and left me thinking... Enjoyed.
miscellanea

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