Montana

[Sherman Alexie]

Those 80 mph midnights on I-90...

[Jonathan Potter]

I dream of St. Regis trout ...

[Jonathan Potter]

Thank you for the restack, Leslie.

[JASON RICHARDS.]

Awesome

[Jonathan Potter]

Thank you

[Briana Elizabeth]

Great work!

[Jonathan Potter]

Thank you!

[Resident20Some]

This post has me imagining a life I’ve never lived. One far away from where I am now

[Jonathan Potter]

Thanks for reading

[Stanley Wotring]

I want to be in that poem. You set the scene so well.

[Jonathan Potter]

Thanks Stan, i can picture you in it.

[House of Neglected Poetry]

Love it!

[Jonathan Potter]

Thanks!

[Mathew Snyder]

Bravo. I love this.

[Jonathan Potter]

Thanks Mathew -- one of the first things I wrote when I got started with Substack.

[Owl Green]

Montana (and big, wide-open places in general) make me feel this way too! That particular heart-yearning as you’re reminded of a life you’ve never lived. There’s probably an evocative Japanese word for that feeling. :)

[Jonathan Potter]

Thanks, Rebecca. If there’s not a word for it, one may need to be coined!

[Charlotte Pendragon]

I was born in Montana! It’s my home although I live in California now, but we’re I live here in the Sierra Nevada foothills reminds me so much of home. Thank you so much for sharing. You nailed Montana 🏔♥️

[Jonathan Potter]

Thank you 🙏

[Ronald Drimmel]

Having grown up in Montana, I can testify that "The landscape swallows you up at any speed" catches the essence of the Big Sky Country perfectly.

[Jonathan Potter]

To quote Wild Bill Hickok: I’m much obliged, Montana. (Deadwood)

[Rebecca Cook]

"You are not who you are in Montana" So many possibilities in this line. I am inspired. It's such a wonderful line, it rings all the bells!! I am working on a poem right now and hearing this is useful.

[Jonathan Potter]

Thank you Rebecca -- I'm glad it struck some creative sparks for you.