{"id":4383,"date":"2019-12-16T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T08:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floridareview.cah.ucf.edu\/?post_type=article&amp;p=4383"},"modified":"2019-12-16T08:00:10","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T08:00:10","slug":"three-poems-from-time-lifes-north-american-wilderness-series","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/cah.ucf.edu\/floridareview\/article\/three-poems-from-time-lifes-north-american-wilderness-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Poems from Time Life&#8217;s North  American Wilderness Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">1\/ The Indomitable Peninsula<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Taken by astronauts <span style=\"margin-left: 30px\">with startling<\/span> <span style=\"margin-left: 70px\">\u202ff<\/span> <span style=\"margin-left: 70px\">\u202fo<\/span> <span style=\"margin-left: 70px\">\u202frce<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 200px\">\u202fSo the string-straight lines<\/span> <span style=\"margin-left: 120px\">\u202fand calculated curves<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 300px\">\u202fSo the mirrors of rivers,<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 200px\">\u202fThe vast emptiness \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 of \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 the earth<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Above the line<br \/>\n______________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Below<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Empty<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><span style=\"margin-left: 90px\">\u202fparallels <span style=\"margin-left: 45px\">without<\/span> <span style=\"margin-left: 90px\">rain<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 90px\">A moon landscape\u00a0 of gigantic<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"margin-left: 45px\">\u202finvisible<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"margin-left: 45px\">\u202fbones<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<p>One night I camped in a grove of cardon<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"margin-left: 45px\">I could hear<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"margin-left: 45px\">the <span style=\"margin-left: 30px\">coyotes<\/span><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"margin-left: 45px\">somewhere<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"margin-left: 45px\">\u202fsinging<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 200px\">\u202fyou and the light<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 90px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u202fThe<\/span> <span style=\"margin-left: 45px\">\u202frose<\/span> <span style=\"margin-left: 45px\">\u202fmoon<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 45px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u202fthe giant<\/span> <span style=\"margin-left: 45px\">\u202fdark<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nBefore this<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 80px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0between the cliffs and the shoreline<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin-left: 400px\">there must once have been<\/span> <span style=\"margin-left: 45px\">birds<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">2\/The Icy Road to Olympus<\/h3>\n<p>Honest \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"margin-left: 45px\">l<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"margin-left: 45px\">y<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 200px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 This is \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"margin-left: 45px\">Destruction<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 45px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Out<\/span> <span style=\"margin-left: 15px\">in the vague breeze<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>which drops down dizzyingly into the darkness at our feet<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 300px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 it was from some-<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin-left: 400px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 where out<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 500px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 here,<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>that<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 45px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 h<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"margin-left: 5px\">e<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 150px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Caught sight<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 250px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 of the mountain<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nbright <span style=\"margin-left: 45px\">blue<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 200px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 and \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0spread<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"margin-left: 45px\">out<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\non <span style=\"margin-left: 150px\">Panic Peak.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\">3\/A Land Defined by the Sea<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin-left: 30px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0By moonlight the waves<\/span> <span style=\"margin-left: 150px\">broke<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 45px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0and sometimes I saw the<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"margin-left: 80px\">faint lights<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 200px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 We rumbled \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0by<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nthat old road<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 160px\">This book<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe country \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0where \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"margin-left: 45px\">i<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"margin-left: 20px\">ve<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"margin-left: 45px\">l<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"margin-left: 15px\">i<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"margin-left: 15px\">ve<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"margin-left: 15px\">d<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nthe Sequoia Sempervirens\u00a0 <span style=\"margin-left: 20px\">where the children<\/span> <span style=\"margin-left: 10px\">have been reaching<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 145px\">Listen.<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"margin-left: 250px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 There are still places where you can<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n200 foot high dunes<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 45px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0here and there<\/span>\u00a0 <span style=\"margin-left: 50px\">engulfing<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 300px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 the lonely<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 180px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0line<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"margin-left: 20px\">and sky<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nthe border\u00a0 <span style=\"margin-left: 15px\">enclosed<\/span> <span style=\"margin-left: 20px\">within sight<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 220px\">of the<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"margin-left: 45px\">mountain<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"margin-left: 15px\">s<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 400px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 that rise<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nalong <span style=\"margin-left: 200px\">the<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"margin-left: 150px\">earth<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 150px\">and<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"margin-left: 15px\">the<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"margin-left: 15px\">bracket. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"margin-left: 15px\">of the<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 water:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe west<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 230px\">an assemblage<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"margin-left: 20px\">of<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"margin-left: 20px\">peaks,<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe Olympic Peninsula \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"margin-left: 20px\">looped\u00a0 by a highway,<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 200px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 A ribbon<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 300px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0the \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Ocean<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<p><span style=\"margin-left: 400px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 a tiny tangle of<\/span> <span style=\"margin-left: 45px\">time<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 55px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I was<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 120px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0the<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"margin-left: 30px\">Salmon feasting ,<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 50px\">Invader<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"margin-left: 30px\">and<\/span> <span style=\"margin-left: 25px\">wild<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"margin-left: 50px\">tide<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nWhat keeps so much \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"margin-left: 45px\">wild<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"margin-left: 45px\">is<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 the wilderness<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 100px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0around the perimeter<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 50px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Sky<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 120px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Horse<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 250px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The bulk<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"margin-left: 20px\">of the peninsula<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"margin-left: 100px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Green<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin-left: 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