nooksack salmon run 2023

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the salmon run this year.

the waters ran harder than I had ever seen,

and there were more salmon

in the creek

than I could ever imagine.


the salmon were leaping through the air

like shooting stars in the sky.


what a wonder,

a marvel,

this earths routine.

so much longer and slower

grander and wiser

than ours.


salmon in the sky!

how strong their bodies are.

how strong is this great magnet

that leads us all home.


what a wonderful thing: home,

whatever it is.


and what a wonderful thing,

fishies in the sky!



madi mah-rhodes