Barbara Gorelick Poet Couplet

Wild River

Drifting by variegated green banks, 
Moving water in all shades of blue.
A trout flashing his silver sides,
The setting sun in a golden hue.

The brown of restless rocky bottom,
Shadowed eddies beaded with black.
Wiley otters play in shades of grey,
A wood duck with gilded red on it’s back.

The Klamath River a kaleidoscope of color,
One of the last wild rivers in this “golden” state.
California once crowned by natural beauty,
Safeguard what remains… before it’s to late.

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Sara Kendrick July 29, 2009 at 4:59 AM Love this couplet. It has flow and rhyme. Sara

Joyce Johnson July 28, 2009 at 4:25 PM You paint a vivid picture of this wild and lovely river. Nice writing. Thanks for you kind comments. Love, Joyce

James Fraser July 27, 2009 at 1:53 PM Beautiful poem Barbara, so much of natures wonders rely on her living waters. A delight to read, are as all your writes on nature>>James

James Marshall Goff July 26, 2009 at 8:34 PM BG... you transport the reader so beautifully to your visions! on my walk around the lake today there were some "blue-winged-teal" playing in the shallows with the mallards and one duck I need to identify.. all-black with a white-throat, but bigger than a coot! and not yet cold enough in Canada for migration! great work!!! james

Carrie Richards July 26, 2009 at 5:26 PM Being a resident of Northern California...we are very familar with the Klamath River. A treasure for sure!! Nicely said, Barbara!:)