Okanogan Highlands

Okanogan Highlands

wheat fields roll into hills,

highlands of rounded peaks,

higher than a mile,

with deep, steep valleys,

a rugged terrain

leaving the shrub-steppe

for forests and meadows,

cougars, bears, and wolves,

mule deer and moose,

Ponderosa pine and Douglas fir,

Western larch and cottonwood,

black capped chickadees, magpies,

hidden lakes, serene views,

bounded by the Columbia 

on the south, a blue ribbon

zig-zagging through the reaching

fingers of a land formed, eroded,

mined, grazed, flooded, and burned

and always blooming forth, giving

sustenance to those willing to traverse

the jagged nature of its ancient foundation.

 

Sheri Edwards  

02.22.24   053.365.24

Poetry/Photography

Photo: August 2, 2019

Near Keller Ferry

The Story

https://sheri42.net/2024/02/22/okanogan-highlands/

https://flic.kr/p/2pzAmCX

awe and reverence for the wilderness of the Okanogan Highlands

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