Along the Alsea (JM)

  

Along the Alsea

Nestled here, along the Alsea river, 

this small valley–-can hear, see, feel 

the rhythm of this land,

the rhythm of the flow

of the Alsea. Rhythm of

change of seasons.

Rhythm of the wind as it caresses

these trees, sometimes gentle, 

sometimes strong, even fierce. 

With tune of 

      

                spring green

                to autumn gold

                to the white blanket

                      of winter snows,

everywhere you look, can feel it–-

the rhythm of our Earth Mother. 

*From a letter composed through Daisy Barrett Nash's Writers At Play, letter writing series, 2022.