utah

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best summer harvest,
irish coffee - from mountain,
sparkle of salt lake
(12-11)

she’s come thousands ‘f miles

wants t’feel th’rainbow drum circle

near th’caves ‘f enterprise

(6-15) 

enterprise reservoir

ranger’s suspicion for th’rainbow –

she gives him a kiss

(6-15) 

th’rainbow hugs, th’campfire,

th’welcome home – it’s good f’r th’spirit,

th’cool air ‘f th’ent’rprise caves

(6-15)

from blistering heat
enterprise reservoir caves
offer dusty nap
(10-08)






well off beaten path
u turn in heber city
summer sunday shot
(10-08)

train cuts salt lake, stops -

one side green, one red, bugs'n both,

oh f'r a drop 'f water!

(11-14)

using map to roll
one, seed falls out north salt lake
in hot sand - wasted
(8-05)






hope rests on promise -
summer back on mountain land
across the jordan
(5-13)




bank clerk's perfect world
threatened by august rattler
outside orderville
(10-08)






harvest moon, nephi
exit's silence - a small town's
feelings, unrevealed
(1-14)







zion painted red,
autumn colors mixed and changed
on desert canvas
(10-08)






red rock cliffs, fall sky -
eight wives, forty six children,
short creek family
(2-10)






frost on zion's rock
window - camper's worst nightmare,
l.a. cop's doughnut
(5-13)







at sawtooth campsite
poke fire with orion,
million stars witness
(10-08)






motor home, salt lake
evening rush hour - how she dreads
th'desert in winter
(1-14)

icy glaze, salt lake -

hiker wants to know why they've got

those names in th'mountain

(11-14)

east across salt (11-14)flats,
some frozen town, stopped f'r coffee,
couldn't find any
(1-14)





saint george guy's complaint:
new year goes on forever,
all th' women taken
(5-13)






mem'ries of topaz,
red cliffs - wartime pains undulled
even at new year
(12-10)






a sip of mad dog -
bottle waits in flowers of
brigham young's garden
(8-05)


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