I thought I wrote a poem about why I love wilderness, but this is what the USDA Forest Service posted on one of their websites:
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| Hell's Canyon near Deep Creek |
And this is what I wrote with the proper formatting:
Why I love Hell's Canyon Wilderness:
The beauty of the canyon,
The vastness of bluebunch wheatgrass waving in the wind,
The wild ungulate on the hillside,
Are just some of the wonders that cause me to love wilderness.
The snake in the grass,
The innumerable rocks just waiting to twist my ankle
The poison ivy along the river trail,
The exposed ridges during a summer lightning storm.
The jewel that is every flower,
The blue sky waiting for the change in weather,
The ancestors who walked here before
Are more of the wonders that I love about our wildernesses.
The beauty of the canyon,
The vastness of bluebunch wheatgrass waving in the wind,
The wild ungulate on the hillside,
Are just some of the wonders that cause me to love wilderness.
The snake in the grass,
The innumerable rocks just waiting to twist my ankle
The poison ivy along the river trail,
The exposed ridges during a summer lightning storm.
The jewel that is every flower,
The blue sky waiting for the change in weather,
The ancestors who walked here before
Are more of the wonders that I love about our wildernesses.
I suppose it's no big deal. Although I do prefer the way I wrote it over the way the FS published it. Maybe it is just a little quibble.
