Lake Cushman Sunset

Better Large. This is taken in one of the most beautiful and unique places I have been, the Olympic National Forest and Park is in the NW corner of Washington state. It is part of a rain forest that exist in upper latitudes in only a few places in the world. Here we are just on the edge of the secondary growth. Lake Cushman is beautiful any time, but with the water low, it provides a foreground for lakes, mountain vistas, and sunsets. Hopefully we will get to the coastal area next time with the primary rain forest and coastal vistas that make the area a prime spot for photography.

 

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What Good Are Trees (J.H. Watkins)

 

What good are trees,

If I miss the heart that spun the seed,

That dreamed the dream,

That danced nuclear in first fiery moments,

Before colors collided on patterns woven in atomic autumns

And stardust stellar stadiums of wintry dawns-

 

When moons rose only on waters that stilled the night,

That reflected the light that ended eras,

That moved the mountains,

Before the oceans swept canyons clean of crust

And prepared tables for grasses to grow?

 

What good are wings,

If wonder does not take flight,

While wild woods bear the broken breath of winds,

That hang soft in southern summers,

Where soaring birds draft

Towering tides of unseen waves

Riding currents, swirling in springs of hope,

Hidden in hills, that no one knows?

 

What good is hope

That shares nothing in conception,

And wonders without warm witness in cold stolen hours,

Longing in lonely moments, that come only once,

Heave hot and holy breath for seconds,

Then pass without planting or gathering

From the soil of life and the strength of tears

That know the awe of this moment’s birth.

 

J.H. Watkins 01-09

 

 

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