Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Fitzgerald for the Jardine Juniper

1850 vertical feet
Just to look at a tree
Ten miles, round trip
Again, again, I’ve climbed
From sage strewn valley bottom
To a ridgeline thick with fir, maple
And aspen shivering in the canyon wind
Clinging to the rocky hillside
The juniper is scourged by weather, truck twisted,
Ancient as thought and . . .
Still alive

1 Comments:

At 1:59 PM, Blogger Vi Jones said...

It's memories such as these, Winnie, that sustain us now. Ancient as thought and ... Still alive Those are words that create goosebumps.

Vi

 

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