L'aura del Campo

Two short Montana poems: Jumbo and Hellgate

My thoughts wander. Today it was a dreamy movie. Tomorrow... hopefully something I write down.



Jumbo

Lo —

from here this city spreads its wings,
railroad's roar and highway's ribbon
stretching west and east:
this lumpy potato,
this elephant's back,
a jumble of rocks called Jumbo.

© Kåre Enga 2010-07-25 [167.155a]

Hellgate

Blow —

and mountains part
and Hell's gates open
as Blackfeet advance and Salish defend
these cold blasts from Butte
where riven the rock
this river wends.

© Kåre Enga 2010-07-25 [167.155b]



I need to write two companion poems to add to "Sentinel". Mt. Jumbo sits to the north and the Hellgate Canyon skulks in between.



Lorine Niedecker is awesome! Reading "The Granite Pail". Her earlier works like "My Friend Tree" make me want to write short concise nature poems once more. Hers are pithy and pointed.



Another sunny pleasant day in Missoula.

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