Rapids Ahead
...Rapids Ahead
I hear the canyon echo the cascading eddies volume,
Growing louder as I paddle closer to run the descent,
To enter the lake past water, hidden rocks and seething foam,
While...
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portaging, adventure, endurance, perspective,
Form: Lyric
Canoeing the Mississippi - Part 9
...Chapter 9: Portaging Older Dams
Eleven Minnesota dams we had to portage
All without clear use for folks today
But as the Mississippi is a ‘navigable’ river.
Owners are required by law to transp...
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Categories:
portaging, boat, dream, journey, nature,
Form: Blank verse
Canoeing the Mississippi - Part 8
...Every journey worth its salt has rocky places
Bank to bank filled with frothing white water,
The economics of avoidance, steering a lean course,
Avoiding higher peaks that thrill - vouchsafed to...
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portaging, boat, dream, journey, nature,
Form: Blank verse
Canoeing the Mississippi - Part 1
...Overflow of the waters of Lake Itaska
You carry your wealth to the waiting world,
Mighty Mississippi, half savior, half sewer,
Plant and animal wastes, dissolved minerals,
Venting prairie delu...
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Categories:
portaging, boat, dream, journey, nature,
Form: Blank verse