cool, rocky shallows
minnows flash like shooting stars
slipping between stones
cool, rocky shallows
minnows flash like shooting stars
slipping between stones
Gray jay, silver limb and blue sky
Where the river bends
The sun breaking like
A shower of coins
Salmon River at sundown
Flinty old-timers arrange themselves into
Fringed frame of pungent needles, then
Swapping their usual rock-strewn stories
Their old sloped shoulders and crooked peaks slide
Haltingly from view
Low green canopy
Height of yellow-hot summer
A winged lullaby
Two photos of Stanley, Idaho–same vantage point, 7 weeks apart