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Condescension

“Abstract Mountain” by Hilary Page   stony mountain peaks painful pedestals for gods heaping scorn on usFiled under: Haiku, POETRY Tagged: Condescension, Gods, Mountains, Scorn

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Lupine

Lupine Field in New Hampshire’s White Mountains – by Byron Fairbrothers purpled blue swords ceremonial sabers of delicate forge held aloft in assent of their seasonal oath spectacular sentinels...

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Superstitions

“Ancient Jewels – Superstition Mountains” by Heidi Searle   mystery maps the holes in a skull where a gold weaver’s needle points shadows of legend at treasure concealed by unlucky Dutch fingers in...

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Season of Splendor

“Pine Trees and Snow” by Joy Nichols (After Wordsworth’s “Splendour in the Grass”)   spring delayed suits my mood not yet ready to take on renewal too old too depleted to face starting over but not...

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Arthur’s Seat

Arthur’s Seat viewed from central Edinburgh   a saddle of stone to settle the moon over Camelot spilling its light through fey mists in contention with darkly cast spells of Morgana and Merlin a...

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Cordillera

Painting by Thomas Moran   backbone of continents bearing the consequent burdens of staging all life monumental with force of emergent creation thrust up through the mineral soils and oxygen skin of an...

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Gibraltar

“Gibraltar the Rock” by Ana Maria Edulescu   limestone sentinel Europe’s own pillar of Hercules guarding the end of the world with its African twin Jebel Musa contained ancient fears in their wineskins...

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Mount Washington

“Mt Washington from Pear Mountain” by Sharon E Allen eastern prominence tallest of presidents winds of liberty roar in the sub-zero ears of a spirited history chilling indifference moving even a casual...

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The Tyrol

“The Unfortunate Land of Tirol” by Franz Marc   majestic roofline where Europe climbs to her dreams cleansing alpine breaths give respite from history rancid with savage conflicts this pristine...

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Aspiration

“Himalayas” by Grażyna Smalej   striving for the summit the capstone who laughs granite bleached by the sound rumbling confident tumbling through temples of glaciers leaving humans disabused of their...

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