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Gaylen Fay Walker

Winner of our Top 5 Poets of June 2004 Online Competition

I live in the mist of the everlasting mountains near Salt Lake City, Utah. I am a world traveler thanks to the U. S. Navy and the Utah Air National Guard. I met my wife, Nannette, while serving on the USS Los Alamos at the American submarine base in Holy Loch Scotland. I was stationed there for just over two years. The base is no longer there now as Scotland has its own submarine base. We have been married for thirty years and have two sons. This year we are going back to Scotland for another visit.

I have only been writing poetry for a short time. The Night Falls Is my first poem. It must be beginner's luck to have your first poem win a monthly competition. For that I am most appreciative. I will continue to write poetry as it is an enjoyable pastime for me. It also seems to come quite naturally for me. Perhaps it is because I was born on the same day as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Clouds upon the Mountains

When the clouds caress the mountains
It is a sight to see
The mist is in the valley
the frost is on the tree
The image is ever changing
as the clouds move to and fro
The sunshine peers between them
the shadows move below
The colors of the sunset
really sets things off
As if a fire were blazing
with smoke floating aloft
I love to see the mountains
in their majesty
Crowned with clouds of glory
its spectacular to me
The clouds are as soft as cotton
the mountains rugged, dark, and tall
A little piece of heaven
which beckons to us all

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