Ready Companion and Welcoming Kisses
A tiny voice came from beyond a hedge, interrupting the war drum beat of trainers on the gravel road, “Hey! Hey, Per! Where ya’ goin now?” Per solemnly replied…
challenge, mountain, remarkable
A man who is standing right there on the pitcher’s mound is staring through my eyes. It’s like a tiger has already locked on its target, waiting for the quarry…
Relic
Upon a promontory dim With face set firm and grim “Once I might have chosen Had I once been him.” Turned from valley view Turned from village glow “Once I…
The Snow Baptismal
The mountain feels his aching spine as pounding, hounding arctic howls that wear away his proudly pines disturb his crystal cowl. And on his back, some…
Bar on a Mountain
I thought I would hurl at the next curve in the road as the car bumped along this dirt path, heading for the highest point of the mountain. It had already…
The Mountain Man
My feet crunch through new snowfall, the powder muffling all other sounds. Most people find that eerie. I think it’s peacful. A crow yells at me from a nearby…
A Vigorous Spirit
The crystalline waters rushed into my container as I submerged it in the shallows of the stream. I waited with the patience of centuries as it slowly filled…
Pocket of Life
Pocket of life amidst the barrens Bowl before the heavens Stony tendrils spread under vaulted sun In their midst a spring fed glade Amidst miles of rock and…
Roman Candles
It was a falling dream, only he was falling away from the Earth, his cozy campsite and the surrounding forest rushing away with incredible velocity. Rivulets…
Which Mountain
The screeching, explosive flight of her pheasant flock first alerted her to the travellers outside. From the depths of her cave, cosied with tapestries and…
In the foothills
When we came back down the mountain hand in hand, the old-timers clucked their tongues and got all meddly, saying things like “I guess she had that planned the…
Higher
On and on we walk in file through the bitter cold of the night. Desperately trying to force some of the thin air into our lungs as the loose scree slips under…
Back Down the Mountain
We were headed on our way down the foggy mountain road. It was one of those winding ones, the ones that you always read about in books. The kind that make you…