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Tag: great salt plains

Poems

The Wind That is All Things

July 2, 2013July 2, 2013 ROMPoetry

In the wind that is all things
Everything you can taste
And touch
And hear
And smell,
The salt sweeps horizontally
Across the lunar landscape
Of western Oklahoma. Continue reading “The Wind That is All Things” →

Tagged digging for crystals, elements, great salt plains, nature, Oklahoma, poems, poetry, selenite, wind1 Comment
Poems

Windmill Water

June 25, 2013June 25, 2013 ROMPoetry

DSC02079I carry a glass bottle of water from home
When I go out. My well water is better than bottled,
Better than anything of purchase. After leaving
The Great Salt Plains, apocalyptic desert
Of salt and crystal, my bottle was empty. Continue reading “Windmill Water” →

Tagged creative writing, great salt plains, life, love, nature, Oklahoma, poems, poetry, well water, windmills1 Comment

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