Within your icy boundaries, tiny seedlings flourish.
Frozen water forms
walrus tusk and narwhal horn
the unicorn
is no stranger here.
Silvered boles endorse
pewter pleating, bronzed folds
their long olive limbs both sinuous and oiled
recline
deliberating,
snow-wet stoas passing lore.
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Alpine Wilderness
Poetry"Alpine Wilderness" tries to capture the beauty, fragility and purity of an alpine wilderness before it is sullied by the arrival of snow hoons. There is a magic timeless quality to snow and ice and it is heart-breaking to find an untouched spot tha...
