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Peace

...Peace

The lonely island
The soothing water sounds
The various shaped marshmallows in the sky
The fish which live and travel under the water
Wherever there is only pace is where I wish to be

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Training Experience: Novice

...*Image of Take In North America by Amtrak.
Training Experience: Novice

All onboard, the Pacific Coast-Liner,
it is seventy-seven, my first leave
of a first year's work....

The Columbia

...Visit my soul Great River of the West.
Come touch my heart with your absolute truth,	
Pausing for no one on your ocean’s quest.

You teach to forgive; now I, in turn blest
In wisdom of age.  My ...

Fo'C's'Le - a Dream

...fo'c·'sle    /'fohksel/  noun  deriv: forecastle
      1. the forward part of a ship below the deck, traditionally used as the crew's living quarters.
      2. historical:    a raised deck at the f...

Chinook Moon

...Ilchee, the "Moon Girl".
She paddled her own canoe ~
Bronze gaze, heart of steel.



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The Long House

...The Long House

Precontact	            Our sky is incense
                            Pause beneath our nation’s smoke 
                            River of the West
                     ...

Operation Money Jump

...Thanksgiving, 1971,
a parachute pilgrim approaches Northwest Flight 305
as Dan Cooper, anonymous businessman,  anarchist airborne, 
black suit, black sunglasses, a black tie
and a black briefcase...

Soul Stance River - 25

...Christ!
A warparty of 60 Shoshone warriors has just stampeded into the meadow
faces painted red and white for blood and death, all sorts of strange designs,
bows and arrows ready to fly on us, sku...

Soul Stance River - 22

...The Great Falls of the northern Plains is actually a chain of five seperate waterfalls
varying in height and majesty extending over 12 miles,
they also confirm that the right river was chosen,
we ...

Lewis and Clark

...They were Meriwether Lewis and William Clark,
Her name was Sacagawea.
On an expedition they did embark
Finding the passage to the sea.

Down the Missouri they traveled, 
Then slithered 'round the Sna...

Journey To Spirit Mountain

...Minter Bridge Road to Burkhalter Lane
Alpaca farms dot the hilly terrain, baby llamas
Wear thick curly fur, until the shears come
They look really funny when the fur is all gone

From the top of...

Fair Maiden

...There is a pretty lady, who lives up north you see.
One of the fairest maidens from the Columbia to the 
         shining sea.
She always looks her best, even through a storm
i think it is in her...

A Tear Falls

...A Tear Falls

The sun is three quarters pasts as the breeze picks up.
There is but one boat upon the waters of a sudden memory.
For it is these waters that I looked upon, on the afternoon of your...

Astoria Oregon

...A small town in Oregon
Fishing boats curzing along the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean
Busy, fishing, boats
City of many fishers
They tell me you can smell the ocean, for I belive them the s...

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