Alpenglow

California Koans

 

I knelt to touch

 

the alpine heather

 

along this remote trail

 

as I created my steps through history

 

I climbed with the moon over sawtooth peaks

 

reflections upon a hidden lake

 

this secluded pool before my eyes 

 

a treasure in the wilderness

 

illuminated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[roarke]

I'm always amazed at the multitude of life on the mountain. So many flowers, from microscopic size to mammoth size. HIdden streams that play hide and seek, small saplings and towering 200 year old firs.... millions of acres and a pristine silence where it all seems you can hold it in the palm of your hand. Treasures indeed.

[arbitrary jane]

these have such a presence. you capture not so much a moment, as a momentary impression. not the mountains themselves but the mountains' movement in you.
warm and luminous.

[Victoria Everly]

This is amazing. It doesn't have to have a lot of detail for me to have the perfect image in my head. Also, the place you selected to describe is great.

[LA Lorena]

you have painted a truly visceral picture with this poem. Like Alice, you seem to view the world through different eyes than most. :)

[Nothing Personal]

Discovery. An arduous path leading to a glorious reward. The journey and its companions.. Sometimes loneliness and inspiration are the best companions, one can potentially have..Great going !!

[Chloe..Across the Unive..]

To me it sounds like a little piece of Heaven here on Earth.
And hopefully it will stay there.. untouched other than the heather by a kind human hand. Climbing with the moon, I like those words together.

Chloe

[Siddhartha]

oh...the pleasure of solitude in the wilderness...it takes a keen eye to appreciate the beauty...and a keener pen to write it down...u seem to blessed with both...

[Arabdha]

excellent vocabulary and choice of words..i bow to you..

[JelliFyshKissUs]

Ooooh, this feel's like art sun, ed, and robin meeting at an intersection and colliding beautifully>> What gentle yet profound subtleties you pour from your love of natural beauty>>

[Ruth]

You ahve seen beauty at its best, it seems! Amazing work again and as chapters, unique and beautifully done! xx