Them Out of Staters
...All them foreigners that move here
they always tell me that they've come
To search for open spaces
‘cause cities made ‘em feel so numb
They came out here to Montana
to a place where they coul...
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Categories:
tamarack, poems, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Coquihalla Holiday
...Loaded up and gassed
Got a four-day pass
Ramblin' in the Rockies
...Coquihalla holiday
Crested o’er the pass
Hope the brakes’ll last
Needle Peak behind me
...Coquihalla holiday
Driver’s t...
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Categories:
tamarack, horse, nature, vacation, word
Form: Rhyme
A Noontime Outing
...It's a glorious, beautiful noon
I wish were dressed in green;
spring is around the corner.
Hosanna! Lavenders will soon be
in bloom and smell so sweet!
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Categories:
tamarack, appreciation, beauty, day, imagery,
Form: Free verse
Tamarack
...A forest soldier still armored in golden chain
guards the Canadian Shield from brooding vines and
horizons gray
In November's wind, it h...
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Categories:
tamarack, allusion, autumn, devotion, extended
Form: Free verse
The Dungarvon Whooper
...Deep within the forest span
Where trees block out the sun,
Where loggers chop the days away
And work is never done;
Where monster moose patrol the pines,
And hawks soar through the sky,
Y...
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Categories:
tamarack, betrayal, snow, sound, violence,
Form: Rhyme
Time Change
...As we fall back to standard
and no longer save daylight,
the mornings are brighter but
dark comes so much sooner.
Stark maples bare against red carpet
leaving only golden oaks and tamarack
to...
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Categories:
tamarack, time,
Form: Free verse
Cause of My Smile
...Cause of my smile
I stand here for many days alone
And enjoy the rays and the cool breeze that falls upon
But I become very sad seeing on
My brothers and sisters are being cut down around
By b...
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Categories:
tamarack, smile,
Form: Free verse