A landscape love letter
I come from
a valley landscape
mountain slopes
frame East and West
tectonic shifts
basalt flows
and glacial floods
gave birth to the terrain
A layer cake of
lush green old growth
rich red volcanic soils
and flinty blue foothills
give way to the horizon
dense coastal fog prevails
and ancient volcanic peaks
watch over us
A river basin
feeds the valley floor
a mighty flowing heart
and tributary tendrils
a riparian realm
teeming with fertility
This is so beautiful. I love how you circle back with the last two lines, which seemed so ordinary before the imagery in the rest of the poem.
This is splendid Sarah! I like the framing begiunning and end as well. And the wonderful imagery of a layer cake overlaid onto the landscape. Wonderful work!
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A landscape love letter
I come from
a valley landscape
mountain slopes
frame East and West
tectonic shifts
basalt flows
and glacial floods
gave birth to the terrain
A layer cake of
lush green old growth
rich red volcanic soils
and flinty blue foothills
give way to the horizon
dense coastal fog prevails
and ancient volcanic peaks
watch over us
A river basin
feeds the valley floor
a mighty flowing heart
and tributary tendrils
a riparian realm
teeming with fertility
I come from
a valley landscape
This is so beautiful. I love how you circle back with the last two lines, which seemed so ordinary before the imagery in the rest of the poem.
This is splendid Sarah! I like the framing begiunning and end as well. And the wonderful imagery of a layer cake overlaid onto the landscape. Wonderful work!