Tierra's Response to "Washington Etude"

After initially reading the poem I was a bit confused on what the poet was trying to convey. It seemed as though the poet jumped around a bit.....so I kept on reading. Over and over again, feeling more at ease each time I read the poem. I began to tie some things together. Which brings me to admire the way the poem was so specific, with details, allowing me to feel and imagine exactly what the poem was about. For example......"They come to Northwest Washington by the millions and for days I crunch shed husks beneath my feet"......I couldn't help but imagine when I experienced the same when I was a young girl. it wasn't until I started to sense what was written, that I could wrap my mind around the concepts of nature and how it is perfect. How fast it changes and one may not notice. My favorite line is where she describes how she is put to bed to watch the daylight bow...... I closed my eyes and imagined that i was watching the same and again I realized that nature is where God Lives.