Kimmy Alan is a wannabe poet from the land of Lake Woebegone. A retired steel worker who was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, Kimmy Alan pursed his love of poetry as a distraction while undergoing chemo and radiation. For him, poetry has proven to be a powerful catharsis as he is currently in remission. When he isn’t writing he spends time with his four wonderful nieces, whom he says “are driving him to pieces”.
a Plea for the salton sea
(Dedicated to the Salton Sea State Park and Recreation Area)
Oh Mother Earth hear my plea
Save the Salton Sea
Saline lake evaporating
Daily it recedes
Save the Salton Sea
For the cranes, grebes, swans
And the wintering geese
Save the Salton Sea
For the desert iguana, glossy snake
Kit Fox and the blonde desert coyote
Save the Salton Sea
For the thirsty palms, pungent mesquite
And the delightful Joshua tree
Save the Salton Sea
For the desert pupfish, tilapia
White ibis and wood pewee
But most of all
Save the Salton Sea
For you
And for me
Kimmy Alan
