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Vintage Colorado Poetry Poem of the Week February 2, 2004

Of "Creede" and "The Rise and Fall of Creede" fame, Cy Warman returns for his third appearance.  Valentine's Day is February's focus on Vintage Colorado Poetry, and Cy Warman's "A Colorado Girl"  is the starter.

A Colorado Girl She's the shining solid silver    From humanity's rough ore ; She's the star that beams above us out of reach ;    She's the lasting love-lit lighthouse That illumes life's lonely shore ;    She's the precious pearl the tide leaves on the beach. She's the ever-paying pay-streak    In the fissure of the heart ; She's the summer rose that scents the silent gloom ;    She's the wondrous work of nature, Like the soul, our better part ;    She's our sunlight from the cradle to the tomb.                                  --Cy Warman Reprinted from Mountain Melodies, Denver, circa 1892.