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Before it blew in 1980 I had never heard of it
never seen it from an airplane or high ridge
a tremendous bell of rock & snow
ringing with noonday light
drawing miles of forests
to attention.
Only later
did I see the photographs
the years of dawns & dusks
its Fugi summit glowing bright pin
a paper lantern floating over clouds
as though its secret heart of fire
had been blazing all that time.
From In the Blast Zone, page 36. (OSU Press, 2008)
Full Publication from Oregon State University Press
