Summer Travel Poems

Montana Mountain Journey 2003
(a phrase poem)

Denise’s McCandless memories at Carthage, SD, tavern

Mammoth roadside bull with uncooked oysters

Corncob murals at Mitchell, SD, palace

Golden hay rolls across the SD prairie

300,000 burley bikers at Sturgis rally

Grazing cattle congregations in Montana mountain meadows

Perfumed vistas by piney mountain meadows

Montana Grizzlies sweatshirt with marsupial pouch

Swingin’ 70s décor at Missoula Doubletree


Desert Southwest Sojourn 2002
(a list poem)

Vegas throngs
Desert driving
Death Valley dunes
Sandy toes
Zabriskie meditation
Scary, curving mountain roads
Panic turns
Lonely clouds
Mount Whitney sunrise
Assembling hikers
Pepe’s burritos
Grey Goose (the miracle vodka)
Cigars and jazz
Chatty tourists go away!