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Sea Sounds

Listen to gulls on Alaskan coast
Ship’s brass bell clanging out time

The bubbling, splashing waves-a-thrashing
The light clattering of sea shell chimes

The haunting song of a humpback whale
Otter pup squeals and sea lion groans
Waves-a-thrashing, the bubbling, splashing
Morbid sailors’ tales of Davy Jones
  

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Roaring water falls

Valiant salmon leap

Hungry grizzlies wait

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An Alaskan Sunrise

Sun peeks over frozen lake blushed pink

Tree shapes like skaters’ parents round rink
Piper plane in sky—giant dragonfly
Stirs chuckles of American mink

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City of boxy buildings

Reflecting in indigo lake

Mountains like giant sleeping hippos

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Winter wispy whirl

Train of dogs, sled and driver

Midnight sun dream world

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War

Two grizzlies fight

in flowered fields,
their strength emulating
fortressed mountains.

Two warriors

demanding what’s theirs
echoed everywhere
in creatures big and small.

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Reflections

 

Robin-egg sky

Puffs of white clouds

Rolling bright green hills

Ragged edged black mountains

so beautiful God make lake mirrors

so we can see them twice.