Blue Wind

Aug11

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If the
Glory viewed
From above
The abyss
Were not
So intense,
If the
Blue Wind
Sang some
Other song,
Would I
Remain suspended,
Whirling colors,
Mysterious in
Infinite sky?
Can all
Heavens be
Held in
Two hands,
And scattered
As Dazzling
Crystal raindrops
Flung wide
By spinning
Rainbow Light?
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Prayer is
Not compelled
By wishes.
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Bear… 08.11.2015
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Dry Lightening

Jun22

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I am here
like a vapor
Like mist
But I am dry
I am smoke
I sparkle static
Over quaking earth
Hummock insecure
Stomp dancing
Bears send
Percussive shivers
Shells rattle
Each step
Soon filled
Nearby the
Peat burns
The pines burn
Hot I burn
Lightening fire
Dry storm ignited
Lifting billows
Of smoke visible
One hundred miles
I follow the smoke
I have become smoke
My dreams
My strength
My prayers
My devils
Myself destroyed
The smoldering air
Crackles
To merge with
Electric clouds
Arching sky synapse
Of no rain
St. Elmo’s fire
Is purple blue
The air is green
I was a tree
Now I am brown
Smoke rising
Drifting I
See my mother
Behind the
Rainless clouds
A rainbow speaks
Promising
Not by water
But by fire
Thunderbird
Is flying
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Bear … 06.22.2015
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Fire

Jun22

Active Fire Maps USDA Forest Service : http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/activefiremaps.php?sensor=modis&extent=conus

Fire ⓒBearspawprint2015 2015-06-19

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Drought

May29

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Over red dust earth,
Alone through hot yellow sky,
Bright Thunderbird flies.
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Bear … 05.29.2015
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Solstice Rain

Dec24

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Rain glorious rain
Cascading down from above
Parched Earth cries relief
Aquifers refill
Reservoirs shimmer
Rivers run frisking
As in spring
Glad Solstice
The thirsty
Merry Yule
The land
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Bear… 12.24.2014
Bearspawprint2014
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August Rain

Aug29

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A shallow well
Is filling with
Bleached promise,
Dry, useless.
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Desiccated song,
The static charge
Builds, sparks a
Raspy voiced hymn.
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August drifts
White, blowing hot
Eddies of glass,
Melted sand.
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Bear … 08.29.2014
ⓒ Bearspawprint 2014