Beauty Climbing Poems

(A little slice of paradise, 2021)

A Good Day to Die

Every time I go climbing I think, “This could be the day I die.”
I also think...

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Climbing mountains, pushing harder
Feeling the burn in my legs and my arms
The higher I go, the further I see
The beauty of nature surrounding me

The rocks...

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If your choice is to climb the higher hill
You’ll need more supplies and a stronger will
For as you climb supplies will diminish
And some will be...

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Climbing up
The rugged slope
I follow a rope of mountain creek a map has never found

Cold rapid pulse
I hold from its succulent wrist

Cup my thirst
To the...

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The stars are shining above me and the sun is illuminating in the galaxy
The moon is slowly cursing by and my spirit is soaring in...

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Majestic, barren, rock-cropped braes ascend—
Arrayed, green-clad, in heather, gorse, and fern—
As mid-day, misty, dark’ning clouds descend
To cold-embrace each soaring tor and burn.

From heights unseen a...

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Climbing Mountains


Sitting atop on the mountain; I'm leaning
against a crevice of a rock
I'm viewing the stars and the clouds
They have not waged mere wages of...

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I’m climbing  
Above the canyon…the sun
Hits  		the 		rocks

I ascend
As 	I 	take 	risk 	after 	risk
UP I GO!

I’m climbing
I 	rely 	on 	my 	own 	strength
I’m doing...

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Climbiing up my front porch
Are beautiful purple flowers
Shining in the morning sun
Like a high mountain tower.
Winding all around the post
With a delightful lilac scent
Reaching up...

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