Counting down to the May 2 release of my new book Big Island Beatnik!
As a thank you to my readers I'm posting a previously unpublished non-fic poem (Michigan Volcano) here! Happy National Poetry Month!
MICHIGAN VOLCANO
On Michigan's Upper Peninsula
The view from Summit Peak once was
Of molten rivers & steaming fissures
Before time gave formation
To glaciers & Great Lakes
Waterfalls & red sandstone
Sea caves & cliffs
Evidence of volcanic eruptions
The Midcontinent Rift revealed
In water wonderlands, hidden landscapes
Of Pictured Rocks Lakeshore
Porcupine Mountains Wilderness
& the ancient lava flows on
The Keweenaw Peninsula
Still visible in the roadcuts.
Source: "How to explore a billion-year-old volcanic mystery along Lake Superior" by Jacqueline Kehoe
MLive: National Geographic Names Michigan's Upper Peninsula a Volcanic Tourism Destination
