Salmon Spawning   

                                               

                                                Splashing, lashing

                                                With every perfect

                                                Twist and turn

                                                Pink silvery forms

                                                Little by little

                                                Conquer cascading walls

                                                Of  white water.

                                                Might and delight

                                                Leaping against the rocks,

                                                Raw energy climbing

                                                On ropes of water

                                                Maintaining equilibrium

                                                In a wondrous flight

                                                To reach soft loving waters

                                                And warm sand:

                                                To carry on

                                                The business

                                                Of being born.