Poem of the Week
February 27, 2006
When Katharine Bates came West for scenic views,
She found them here in Colorado Springs--
Saw Garden of the Gods bright salmon hues
And kissing-camel rocks in visitings.
She loved each canyon, stream and waterfall,
The aspen quaking in the mountain breeze
And Colorado mountains best of all,
Though she had seen the Alps and Pyrennes.
Atop Pikes Peak she looked on scenes below,
And marveled at the "sealike sweep of plain."
Words came to mind. Her thoughts began to flow.
Inspired to write she penned a first quatrain.
Now, waves of homes replace her "waves of grain."
Asphalt and concrete hide her "fruited plain."
--Jane Morton
Copyright (c) 2006, Jane Morton
"Straw Barn" by Jane Morton was Vintage Colorado Poetry's 2004 Christmas poem.
Second Place