Traveling Coyote – poem
Please read this nice poem from my friend Teresa Barker.
Relaxing on MAX, Dennis Maxwell/Port of Portland.
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They think I am a coyote
But in my trickster nature
I use this disguise
to watch them.
The Red Line MAX
Portland.
They think I look so
cool
fitting right into the city
smiling when a young hipster passes me
shouldering his messenger bag
earbuds in the ear
tuned to the Creative Pep Talk podcast.
Soft
right down to my furry paws
Coyote
you’d recognize me anywhere
Seattle
Tucson
New Mexico.
People say
there’s no more wile
in the wild but there’s
always a coyote.
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My writer-friend Liz Kellebrew sent me this photo of a coyote traveling on the Portland MAX light rail, taken back in 2002. They think this coyote came onto the train with a fare checker, and it (the coyote) was eventually captured by Wildlife Services and released in a more coyote-friendly location.
This photo reminded…
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Thank you, Miriam, for the generous reblog! We have coyotes in our city location – our house is on a greenbelt/ravine in the heart of Seattle – and recently we have started to hear them howling at about 10 at night. Luckily our cats are indoor cats! …
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We have a Coyote Hill near by. Chevron owns the property. They want to develop the place. Fullerton city has been protesting it for years and years. I used to have coyote coming to the backyard. It killed my daughter dog when she was in junior high. Now the Hill is welcome to hikers!
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Oh! wow. We have had very fierce and aggressive raccoons in our ravine for years and years. We had a disappeared house cat in year 3 in the house, we’re fairly sure it was a raccoon. They are HUGE. Sorry to hear about your dog!
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We had raccoons also when we had dog food, cat food outside!
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They are sooooo fearless.
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Yes, indeed!
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Oh the poor coyote would have felt trapped in the train!
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I have to read the doc. about it.
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Lovely poem. Only in Portland.
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I know. It wouldn’t happen here in CA, let alone in Japan or Hong Kong…haha..I heard there are people pushers to jump the travelers into the train in Japan!!
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Amazing!
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Yes, I couldn’t figure out how it happened! I’m on the MAX sometimes going to the airport, after visiting my daughter!!
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