(ribbons on grassland wrap),
festooning round butte outcrop gifts,
where hunters received their buffalo vantage,
and settlers received a view of their claim.
The mother, she rose up with clay
and with shale....
She gave and is giving still.
by Kathleen McKee
Credit: Annie Griffiths, National Geographic
Credit: AirPhoto.com
Credit: Royce Bair
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Your poem brought the images perfecting to my minds eye.. Lovely..
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