| Show RETROSPECT Bonny Nielson Manti Utah Non-Professional Honorable Mention Late afternoon 0f sunlight Fresh had teased mountain air spread its Division Poetry glow by shadow my friend near-by Our silhouettes against grey sky Intruding in my silent spell My friend spoke softly Tell please tell As you looker this valley Your expression is puzzling just what do you see so please do tell me The words exploded incool nusky breeze magpie echoed above bent pine trees My thoughts ran wild how couldtellvision past still witnessed so well see Fort Ephraim rise and grow Black Hawkwarriors in battle below Our fathers tilling foreign soil temple built through faith and toil see proud men spirited yet aged tired mother bury her young babe Disease and hardships take their toll Along with happy memories relived in each soul turned and Tooked in shallow eyes scholarly man experienced and wise Yetstranger to my own Sanpete home tly message to him could not be known My heart pulsed wild the truth held no sense But my voice came soft it held reverence seevalley setting sun And ending day an era still to come My friend was silent my words Our eyes surveyed the landdsaw my pioneer fathers He sawsetting sun he 13 he pondered wandered marveled cried smiled seemed satisfied |
