Our group has been spending a lot of time camping out in the field the past few months working on Seeds of Success seed collecting, vegetation monitoring for past fires, and completing a little bit of weeds work. With so many days spent out in the grand expanses of the Great Basin desert, I have had ample time to observe this ecosystem, revel in its beauty, and attempt to put into words my experiences.<\/p>\n
This poem is one of the attempts I have made to put the desert into words. While I realize one cannot possibly use words to give justice to the desert, I thought I would try to convey one small portion. The poem focuses on the two extremes I face each week when I bounce back and forth between living in the desert for work and living in a city on the weekends. Enjoy!<\/p>\n
Desert Peace, City Melancholy<\/strong> Content to stay, anxious to leave<\/p>\n -Maggie Gray-<\/p>\n Until next time, enjoy the fall season!<\/p>\n Maggie Gray, Carson City BLM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our group has been spending a lot of time camping out in the field the past few months working on Seeds of Success seed collecting, vegetation monitoring for past fires, and completing a little bit of weeds work. With so … Continue reading
\nQuiet, noise
\nUnhurried, restless
\nStillness, bustling
\nOpen, constricted
\nPlants, people
\nCoyotes, dogs
\nSagebrush, lilacs
\nStars, streetlights
\nCadence, cacophony
\nHumbled, prideful
\nUnrelenting, comfortable
\nMoments, minutes
\nRocks, concrete
\nWild, tamed<\/p>\n