Friday, March 19, 2010

Reading Basho in Naches Heights


When I smell the sage release green heat

Hear pheasants flutter on the rise

See the sun shine orange on Mt. Adams

Even in Yakima

I long for Yakima.


By Terry Martin

1 comment:

The Bijou Poetry Review said...

Terry Martin is an English Professor at Central Washington University. An avid reader and writer, Martin has published over 200 poems, essays, and articles and has edited both journals and anthologies. Her most recent book of poetry, The Secret Language of Women, was published by Blue Begonia Press in 2006. She lives with her partner in Yakima, Washington, The Fruitbowl of the Nation.

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