The Klamath
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unfettered
on its way to the sea
bathing the land with all its riches
from its source to the ocean where it spends itself
flowing wild and free from the beginning of time
the fis...
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Categories:
klamath river, river,
Form: Verse
Surreal Nature
...Sitting by the Klamath River in Northern California, watching as it endlessly
makes its way around the bend, searching for the sea. A "wild river' it is, one of the
few left untouched by dams and the...
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Categories:
klamath river, nature,
Form: Haibun
Along the Klamath
...Spray painted on the bridge guardrail
The words "Two Feathers is pok li la..."
Past and the present meet by the river
The old ways remembered by the young.
Two Feathers in an "upstream man"
Tribes o...
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Categories:
klamath river, history, life, people,
Form: Free verse
.............(Rain Haiku)
...Drops on the river
Silver ripples spread-
Rust colors the bank
Remembering getting caught in a fall
shower while fishing on the Klamath River....
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Categories:
klamath river, nature, places
Form: Haiku
Rain On the River
...Mist rises from the mountains and meets
rain clouds spilling down the canyon.
Fish ducks fly up river, their
breasts just skimming the water.
The heron stands in the shallows, his
neck arche...
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Categories:
klamath river, life, nature, peace
Form: Free verse
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...
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Categories:
klamath river, nature
Form: Couplet