Three Bears Waiting


Thomas Mangelsen
"Catch of the Day" (1988) CBS


Three bears waiting,
waiting, waiting,
on top of waterfalls.

Hungry for a meal,
their feet are cold,
but legend says

sockeye salmon
coming to spawn
in these waters.

Not as lucky
as Goldilocks,
a salmon leaps

into jaws of
a brown bear
for his feast.

Mangelsen portrayed
this well— now
I see it on video.

— Peter Y. Chou
     Mountain View, 6-1-2022

Three Bears on Waterfalls


Salmon Leaps into
Jaws of a Brown Bear



Brown Bear Eats Salmon