wyoming

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teton ranger's bunk-
rolled up sweaters as pillow,
deep woods out window
(10-08)





saratoga's springs
warm, soften trav'ler's bones, then
straight into the platte
(1-12)





at jackson post box,
sunburned wrangler tips his hat
to jewelled vixen
(10-08)






saratoga springs -
steam, sweat, summer of sadness
wash down platte river
(10-08)





so reliable,
ebb n'flow of tourists, geyser -
barefoot on cool earth
(1=12)





cody bank teller
no use for sunshine, summer,
foreign currency
(10-08)

yellowstone bear's plan -

huddled campers locked in van,

milk 'n' cookies for th'cubs

(12-14)

beaver eats willow,
unimpressed by mountain peaks -
teton wilderness
(2-10)





hugg'n' th'riverbottoms,
cottonwood shade curves along -
wyoming pallette
(9-05)






fire flickers and dies,
wolf decries frost - darkness reigns
over druid peak
(2-10)





in medicine bow,
old hiker with memories -
halloweens long gone
(10-08)





saints day in bar nunn
mighty friendly to strangers,
with west wind howling
(10-08)





camping in shoshone,
watched by wolf on ridge - beyond,
impending blizzard
(2-10)





east out of casper
looking for gambling payout,
ice sent them to grave
(1-12)





yellowstone snowshoe
hiker - frozen beard, keen eye
for canus lupus
(3-10)






green river rock springs
large green sign dominates
hibernating plains
(10-08)





thermopolis' ice
power lines coated and glazed
wheels spinning beneath
(10-08)






from warmth of squad car,
says hitching in wyoming's
its own punishment (*)
(6-13)

table rock exit –

th’off’cer’s request for i.d.

breaks up th’frigid morn

(6-15)

she knows ev’ry inch

‘f th’red desert – not inclined t’let

someone freeze in it

(6-15) 

u-turn in wamsutter –

her warm eyes, 'n' this frigid plain

could be someone’s home
(6-15) 

near lar'mie, dawn breaks

'n field 'f red wildflowers - she calls them

indian paintbrushes

(12-14)

easter hats - back in

laramie, they pose, barefoot,

by th'cowboy statue

(10-14)