Rainier Poems

Volcano Run part 1 - The Ride to the Mountain

...We ventured out one summer morn
to meet up with the rising sun,
the trip began at Castle Rock;
we joined the others for the run.

Inside a truck stop restaurant
the club debated where to go,
s...

Our Misty Tears

...
It's my first love he said,
majestic Tahoma*
they named it long ago 
before white men settled
and claimed it as their own~
now misty as our tears.

*Mount Rainier is called Tahoma by Nat...

The Cold Beer Song

...I want here
a mug of cold beer,
it brings us good cheer,
make mine a Rainier.

Want one that’s crisp,
so cold it feels brisk,
don’t need a lime twist,
I’m just fine with this.
Won’t drink th...

A Heart of a Prince

...I may go far and announce; 
That I hold love essence,
Deeper than the love of Rainier III to Grace,
Probably his passion;
Made him grieve in silence,
Conduct him to be imperfect with cigarettes....

Lake

...In the depths of Mt Rainier fire stirred,
The earth around trembled in dire anger,
As the fiery spirit Elf wandered
In the depths of the spouting volcano
Exuding thick feculent, fusty smells,
An...

Mount Rainier

...I have seen you flash by
Amidst thick green foliage and swaying pines
Like a distant silver dream
On receding skyline
But was never satisfied
For a close encounter I craved

I did then go up
...

Excused

...His stories were dubious:
brought up by wolves,
rode upon on the back of Great White
across the Atlantic.
Base-jumped off Mount Rainier
wearing only a jock-strap
in winter.
His pals would smil...

Mount Saint Helens

...When I was little I heard grown-ups
talk about the mountain erupting,
but it was Rainier they feared,
they didn't suspect the quiet sister
of harboring the earth's hot passion~
until that May mo...

Incidentals

...No! not about pits
they’re removed
the fruit sliced.
ugly in effigy —

the air turns
their innards
burnt orange.

their rainier skin
scarred and pale —
tasty or not.

i’d rather them red...

Mt Rainier

...Through the pines, stands your white lofty peak.
Blue sky and white clouds, art thou's for-seek.
Over the lake, your reflection is cast.
Like a shadow, from out of the past.
 
Smaller spires, ra...

Log Rhythm Intercepts Highland Manor Sloped Basin

...Nature made convenient sluice, 
when pool water did wend
     down the gentle slope 
     describing gargantuan wetsuit vend
 
er steadily chugging, chiseling, 
     and channeling straight awa...

Shelton Washington State

...County seat, of Mason County, Washington, highly rates
United States Westernmost city on Puget Sound e quates 
above ground sans tectonic plates
Population 9,834 per 2010 census 
end result from ...

Because of You I'M In a Seattle Kind of Mood

...Because of you, I'm in a Seattle kind of mood
When I look out my window 

And see the rain drops gently falling all around
And I feel that special Seattle kind of chill

In my bones 
I think o...

Journeying Through Mountains

...Majestically they've stood since time had its start
rising on a cartographer's global elevational chart
Mountain ranges, wondrous works of God's creation
that eyes have beheld for centuries wi...

Mount Rainier

...Beautiful mountain
Japan is in my backyard
Tacoma Fuji...

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