Spence's Bridge

The POV from the valley

The moment breaks my heart

with a wood splitting   crack

Here is where I greedily inhale

the blueness of the sky above

as splinters and cedar pollen

leave lasting impressions upon

my body.

My eyes charge up the mountain

bounding from crag rock to gully

past a dusty sagebrush audience

hanging about the foothill stage

watching my cascades tumbling

down from each focused step of

  my performance.

Yet I remain fixed propping awe

and catching the echoes touch

of train whistles droning heavily

atop the rumbling of iron horses

peering down into the rivers run

where salmon kiss golden flakes

in my imagination.

 

Reviews

[Robbie~xoxo~]

What an amazing imagery! I felt the "echos touch" of trains whistling... and nature calling your attention... the beauty of it is vibrantly depicted.
Lovely write!~xoxo~

[Astro]

Well should you ever want experience it for real then a drive into the BC mountains to the little village of Spence's bridge will do the trick. Thank you for the very sweet compliment in your review.

[Robbie~xoxo~]

I will have to do that! Thank you...
I enjoyed reading this piece. XXx :)

[Astro]

I'm pleased that you did. :)

[Angi]

Astro, this is a wonderful poem. The images this brings to my mind's eye are dazzling little snippets from natures point of view. Lovely and fresh work. Well done. Angi~

[Astro]

Thank you very much Angi, I had some magnificent natural inspiration for the piece. I recently visited the small town of Spence's Bridge in the mountains of BC.

[Angi]

It sounds like a beautiful place. I want to do so much traveling some day. There are so many places, out of the way places that sit like little gems waiting to be discovered. Enjoyed this piece, Astro. You are welcome.

[Travis Gibson (poetic h..]

Well done, bro. Your imagery here is beyond rich, each stanza is like a different window in a room you walk your reader to and allow them to peer out. The breaks of the respective final lines, adds to the allure of the piece on first glance. I don't write of nature well, so usually I am easy to impress in that stadium, but this is exceptional.

[Astro]

It all has to do with practice, PH you have the skill from what I've seen. Thank you for the kind review.

[Travis Gibson (poetic heroics)]

Its always well deserved.

[Girl Friday (Sarah W.)]

Beautiful imagery in this one, my friend. There are so many little gems of language here; little treasure like polished stones just begging to be collected. Interesting concept as well, taking something like this from the POV of the earth/nature. Impressive write...

[Astro]

Why thank you Ms.Friday, I'm very happy you like it.