The following two poems were sent to me by Melisande Luna, an  undergraduate at California State Univeristy, Bakersfield.  The field area enjoyed by CSU typically comprises the San Andreas Fault Zone, the Sierra Nevada batholith and the horst and graben tensional, and low-angle displacement faults in the Mojave Desert, i.e. Death Valley.

Melisande started school ëa bit later in lifeí, and has been studying the geo-sciences for about seven years. Following a nervous breakdown some time between learning stereonets and mapping the nuances of the Zabriske Fault Margin, Melisande began spontaneously writing poetry in what psychologists call ëThe Clang Effectí, a component of bipolar disorder.  She has been writing poetry as a serious effort for just under two years and has become moderately successful with publishers. She is currently working with WebDelSol.com as a forum editor and serves as a director on the InterBoard Poetry Competition sponsored by Web Del Sol.