Tag Archives: Mt Baker

January 6*

to the east: all intent governed, overwhelmed by pale ephemeral apparition of mount baker the center of the earth, revealed still restless the sacred fear. *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island. . … Continue reading

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January 22*

the violent thrust of mt baker                     flanked by                                   the ever-attendant sisters                                   the litter of the cascades           now the spreading foundation           of our sunrise vista secured, calmed by thirty foot blanket                                   of snow *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears … Continue reading

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December 3*

late afternoon walk to village point mt baker stunning austere in white sunlight curled wisps of approaching front engulfing west islands we meet and talk with others strolling, biking in the chilled light island news soaking in the weak sun … Continue reading

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October 2*

walk to beach dip hand in water dab the cold wet to forehead a collection of remnant molecules from           the dark depths of rosario strait           a skittering wave against slave trade canoe           trickle off canyon creek           glacier melt on mt … Continue reading

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January 22*

the violent thrust of mt baker                     flanked by                                   the ever-attendant sisters                                   the litter of the cascades           now the spreading foundation           of our sunrise vista secured, calmed by thirty foot blanket                                   of snow *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears … Continue reading

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December 20*

pillows of light hovering        holding just above flat violet wet under stunning blue expanse of clear, painful sun beyond, the white presence of baker in huge silence *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island.

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November 17*

sky thickens warps, ripples begins to bulge with yesterday’s weather from the far landless ocean mt baker in black and white the dim gentle light holding us all in soft cool *Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in … Continue reading

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October 10*

deep iceblue glaciers hug and crumble the hardness of mt baker, bleed cold milk in summer, tumbling down in grace of gravity and ooze across the north county flats into dendritic stolen soil delta, dumping murk into the ancient yielding … Continue reading

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