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
View ArticleLupine
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...
View ArticleSuperstitions
“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...
View ArticleSeason 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...
View ArticleArthur’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...
View ArticleCordillera
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...
View ArticleGibraltar
“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...
View ArticleMount 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleAspiration
“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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