Written in the years 2000 and 2002; published on 1 January 2019; republished on 16 December 2020
Image: “Cliff and Chaparral,” by Alice B. Clagett, 2012, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Cliff and Chaparral,” by Alice B. Clagett, 2012, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
MOUNTAIN!
A POEM IN FOUR PARTS
by Alice B. Clagett
Rustic Canyon Trail:
Three Poems
(Summer 2000)
These mountains
pour me out
into the sunset …
Like a rose-colored quilt,
sunset spills down
upon this mountain fastness …
Brisk mountain walls
unfold into the sunset.
. . . . .
Approaching Tapia Subunit,
Malibu Creek State Park
(Summer 2000)
Wind blows.
The dappled shade of trees flirts with the asphalt
And my heart has lost its way.
Shall we rest
. . . . . amongst these whispering bells of grass?
. . . . .
At Whitney Portal
(October 2000)
Heart’s rest …
Listen to the high far keening of the stars!
. . . . .
In Topanga Canyon
(Winter 2002)
In January
white Ceanothus clouds
powder the mountains
with soft promise.
. . . . .
Image: “Chamise,” by Alice B. Clagett, 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
Image: “Chamise,” by Alice B. Clagett, 2015, CC BY-SA 4.0, from “Awakening with Planet Earth,” https://awakeningwithplanetearth.com ..
–from Link: “Mountain! A Poem in Four Parts,” by Alice B. Clagett, written in the years 2000 and 2002; published on 1 January 2019; republished on 16 December 2020 … https://wp.me/p2Rkym-l3F ..
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Alice B. Clagett
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