Dauntless For Walt Whitman

THE DAUNTLESS CLIMBER On the mountain climbs a cloud Who never fears retreat Sensationally his climb excels As other clouds he meets While longingly I--on the ground-- Would soar up if I could To join his fearless one time climb Without the fear of blood Valdez, Alaska from a former climber now a hiker.... Victoria Anderson-Throop

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John Posey

Date: 6/18/2013 4:23:00 AM

This poem exhibits some remorse at having to drop participation in an activity once revered. I sense injury, physical or/and emotional, plays its part in this charade. .... Jake

Victoria Anderson-Throop
Date: 6/18/2013 4:50:00 PM

oh, Jake, you clever fellow! At age 38 an auto accident ended an avid climber's former life as a white whiter rafter/high adventure life....bird watching doesn't quite cut it, but I am trying!