So, basically what everyone is saying is that this would be better in a more connected style such as this? from the valley floor i watch as the first green-gold rays, a hint of glory to come, burst victoriously from behind blue mountains capped with blinding white. In the distance, dim and barely heard, the crow of a rooster; lowing of cattle. Snowbirds begin their daily hunt searching for seeds, berries to break nights fast. Overhead, eagle wheels silent in brightening sky; the clouds now rosy with morning, eyes focused on the river, hoping to spot the first sea-bound salmon. Coyote barks her last song of night, gathers her brood, and sleeps. Horse whickers and blows, stamps hooves on crystalline snow, breath clouds of steam which freeze, sparkle falling. Quail thunder from beneath sage, escaping, threatened by my proximity. Elk, grazing nearby in oat-fields unconcerned, know, today, i do not hunt. Daybreak breeze whispers through naked branches of spring trees, sends them trembling, as with cold... scatters powder snow from evergreens. Reminds me, i walk alone but not Alone... I sing a song of renewal, worship and dream of a cup of cocoa.... and home Actually the original posting won two prizes in local competition. This second is the way it was originally written.