Tag: nature
member name: David S.
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May 02, 2008 12:18 AM EDT --
I've been working hard on this one. I hope you like it. It has a happy ending, and a sad one at the same time.
A Rescue
Massive in its sleek and lumpy form,
the right whale, barnacled . . .
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December 30, 2008 04:39 PM EST --
A couple of weeks ago, I took my son, Owen, to the Salt Flats of the Great Salt Lake. Specifically, we wanted to explore the area near the Spiral Jetty. These salt flats are often muddy and . . .
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April 23, 2008 11:58 PM EDT --
A Murder Scene Unfolds
It must have been murder,
or nature.
When raptors fly and sieze their cuddly prey,
what do we call such things?
My frigid feet upon the snow
made crunchings . . .
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February 24, 2008 05:52 PM EST --
One of my favorite things to do is to hike the amazing deserts of southern Utah and the Colorado Plateau region. To wander amongst the canyons and their red rock spires and cliff faces is inspiring and . . .
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August 23, 2009 10:09 PM EDT --
Good question! Here is a sampling of where I've been and what I've been doing for the past few months. The future few months look busier than ever as I teach a few classes on Storytelling for Utah State . . .
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January 20, 2008 03:23 PM EST --
I teach a lot of children's poetry at Utah State University, and so I've come to write a few things . . .
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November 16, 2008 10:49 PM EST --
A few weeks ago, my daughter, Lotti, and I went to the Tetons! I promised a photo essay, and here it is!
Our adventure began in Idaho Falls, where my brother lives. This is only a couple of hours . . .
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March 01, 2008 01:42 PM EST --
Another poem for all you desert rats!
Lesson
I ask these canyon walls
what they would have me learn
this time.
I feel their answer in the language
of whisper of wind and silence . . .
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February 03, 2008 11:37 PM EST --
Some creatures care not a whit about space. The golden balance of form and function are meaningless to them. Little do these creatures know that the Greeks with their inspired geometry and the Romans . . .
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February 15, 2008 11:50 PM EST --
I hiked up Salt Creek Canyon in Canyonlands National Park last year, and I wrote this poem for my wife on the way back from Angel Arch--a short side trip of a couple of miles. On this markedly photographic . . .
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