Best Ski Poems

I stole Milne's painting,
now in photographic film, splayed
on a foreign screen,
in a landscape void of life,
and hey- I'm not too proud of it.
But who would be?
of an image within an image,
a facsimile of vision,
and a breath of death,
exhumed with other bones:
those  scattered remains 
of...

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skis on our shoulders
     slopes covered with fresh powder
          smiles on our faces...

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Ski Trip

skiing
nature's backwoods,
over frozen lakefronts,
among quiet darken patches,
snowfalls

connie pachecho

6/08/17...

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The state of flow, eternal Tao
Dance in the ephemeral now
A Bound mind will not allow
A Joyous downward plow
Soft snow, honored thou
Its own meaning endow
Feet atop sacred bough 
Snow cut by skis’ prow
Let me show you how

4/5/16...

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austere
sincere
premier
skier
Test your skill with austere, sincere hopes;
True poise comes on premier skier slopes.

1/30/2018...

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spring was coming early
the call was heard for squeezing in
one extra outdoor outing
so we loaded up our skis, boots and gear
it was minus ten celsius and sunny

swooshing and gliding through the snow
soaking in those awesome sunrays
warm enough to wrap our coats around our waist

when clouds...

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Slippery hills in this snowy week 

Knees bent; more speed needs a tweak.

I’ll snowplow, turn skis stop in stance

In and out like an ice-ballet dance, 

No turning back on a bunny slope!

Gripping tightly up-hill to the tow rope....

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powdery white snow
has been falling overnight ~
let’s head for the slopes


Fall or Winter Holiday Haiku Poetry Contest

sponsored by Tania Kitchin

11/17/21...

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Beddie bye boo ski time for yours truly and/or the missus

Found us abed thee twelfth day
of December, cuz yours truly 
still felt dehydration, physical 
fatigue and soreness,
which possibly linkedin
to using stationary bicycle.

Our bed (mine and the wife), 
I arbitrarily describe as double wide 
mine traditional...

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For fifteen years the peak has sat fallow,
abandoned to time as trees and bushes grow,
driving by always evokes a sigh in me,
long ago this hill was where I learned to ski.

But the industry is not what it once was,
snowmaking and insurance drove up the cost,
this...

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as a fly flew onto a ski
his weight was just right you see
so off down the mountain went he
could his eyes be any larger? probably
good job as before crashing into a tree
he took flight did the fly from the ski
back up to where the other...

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Bones creak with winter’s chill,
sledge trails cover the sparkling snow,
rushing like the wind in a barren landscape
towards a bleak lonely village far below
shimmering amongst the dark stately pines.
A teak grey sky domes over petrified trees.
Skiing hard, feeling an exhilarating allure,
hypnotic and unfettered despite the gelidity
as...

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waxed skis glide smoothly
tracks on fresh, crisp, moonlit snow
frozen woodland sounds...

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There once was a Norse goddess named Skadi
A Winter Ruler in huntress’ body
	An expert at skiing
	Her enemies fleeing
Ester Ledecka she did embody...

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crust crunchy
snowshoeing single file
against the grain



posted on August 8, 2018...

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