Sunrise 12/4/23

East Pasco, Washington

Photo by Jonathan Potter ⓒ 2023

Near where the Snake crawls over dams 
Into the Columbia before the great 
Sweeping turn towards the log jams

Of the West as the Columbia slams
Its way through beauty under skies of slate
Carrying cargo ships and telegrams

And cohos, sockeyes, pinks, and chums
Along with sturgeons, hard to plate,
And steelhead, trout, all good with yams,

To follow up with a few wee drams 
Of rye in my coffee, I sit and wait
For the clouds that cover the sky like shams

To clear a moment, with my dreams
Of summers past and winters late,
Near where the Snake crawls over dams,
For the sunrise with its feeble beams.