Table of Contents
Coastal Range
Waiting by the Sea William Stafford 17
With Kit, Age 7, at the Beach William Stafford 18
Walking North Judith Barrington 19
Night Beach Peter Sears 21
Rockaway, Oregon Leanne Grabel 22
Mussels Ingrid Wendt 23
Fish Factory David Memmott 26
Cape Perpetua Robert Hill Long 27
Cannon Beach Meditation Vern Rutsala 28
Salmon River Estuary Floyd Skloot 33
The Day of the Rainbow Floyd Skloot 34
Willamette Valley
Daybreak in Amity Floyd Skloot 41
Soliloquy on Rain Margaret Chula 43
Highway to the Coast Mark Thalman 44
Tanka Margaret Chula 46
Tanka Margaret Chula 47
Tanka Margaret Chula 48
Two Garden Snails Erik Muller 49
Immigrants Barbara LaMorticella 51
After the Barn Collapsed, Boones Ferry Road Kim Stafford 52
Lupine Barbara LaMorticella 53
Replenish Paulann Petersen 54
Rain Peter Sears 55
Precision Amy Minato 56
Swallows at Walterville Mark Thalman 57
Cherries Barbara LaMorticella 58
Letting the Sheep Out Barbara Drake 59
Road Without Wires Barbara Drake 61
The Man from the Past Visits the Present Barbara Drake 63
Dead Run Robert Hill Long 65
In Praise of the Trees This Fall James Grabill 66
Born in Oregon Mark Thalman 68
Tea Ceremony at the Autumn Moon Margaret Chula 69
Ladybugs Charles Goodrich 71
Midwinter, Sauvie Island Mark Thalman 72
Hop Fields in Winter Floyd Skloot 74
Freezing Moon Mark Thalman 75
Hawk, Buzzard Erik Muller 76
Solstice on Multnomah Channel Barbara LaMorticella 77
A Field Diane Averill 78
Living Without Horses Judith Barrington 79
Three for the Blue Jays of 53rd Avenue James Grabill 81
Oregon Rain Mark Thalman 84
Cascades
Up in the Mountains Barbara Drake 89
Age 77, I Climb to Indian Ridge's Fire Lookout Tower and Search for Lineage Ralph Salisbury 90
North Umpqua, Summer Run Mark Thalman 91
Rilke Again, In the Meadow Leanne Grabel 93
Afternoon in the Canyon George Hitchcock 94
Great Tree Falling Judith Barrington 95
Trees Along the Highway's Edge Paulann Petersen 97
Eastern Cascade Slopes and Foothills
Old-Growth Cedar Diane Averill 101
Retrospect Paulann Petersen 102
Provisions Paulann Petersen 103
Falling Stars Paulann Petersen 104
Leaf Tongues Diane Averill 106
On Fall Creek Trail Diane Averill 107
Cannery, Hood River Janice Gould 108
Dream Cycle Janice Gould 110
Near Mosier, Oregon Janice Gould 112
Blue Mountains
Wallowa River Road, Late November Richard Mack 117
When the Burnt River Froze Over David Memmott 119
Awakening George Venn 121
Boating on an Early Morning River Richard Mack 122
Connections at Bear Wallow Creek David Memmott 123
Communion Before Rain Rob Whitbeck 124
Shards Rob Whitbeck 125
Genesis Rob Whitbeck 127
The Homeland Rob Whitbeck 128
Place of the Bear Amy Minato 130
Inheritance at Wheatland Kim Stafford 132
Sparrows George Venn 135
Reluctance David Axelrod 137
Tekmerion David Axelrod 139
High Centered Ellen Waterston 142
Klamath Mountains
Winter in the Shadow of the Siskiyous, Talent Steve Dieffenbacher 147
Southern Oregon, New Year's Afternoon Vincent Wixon 149
On a Winter Hillside Jonah Bornstein 150
Winter Solstice, 2001 Vincent Wixon 152
Lost on the Mountain Patricia Wixon 153
Deer at 3 A.M. Patricia Wixon 155
The Art of Waking Jonah Bornstein 156
A Few Bright Leaves Steve Dieffenbacher 157
Holding Vincent Wixon 158
Where We Stand Jonah Bornstein 159
Northern Basin and Range
Desert Song Jonah Bornstein 165
Rain Dance Danae Yurgel 167
Drought Dirge Ellen Waterston 168
Harney Lake Ellen Waterston 169
Nowhere Called Home Ellen Waterston 170
Harney County Haiku Ellen Waterston 171
Eastern Oregon Vincent Wixon 172
Every Dust Mote Ellen Waterston 173
Epilogue: A Thousand Friends of Rain Kim Stafford 179
Contributors 185
Copyright Acknowledgments 199
Index 205
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