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Long Switchbacks Poems

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Premium Member Dragon Meets Wolf Creek Pass
Dragon Meets Wolf Creek Pass
(Inspired by CW McCalls’ song ‘Wolf Creek Pass’)

On a trip to see Dragons’ friend Drag, way out… in Texas…
Crossing the plains, in a caravan filled with, all our little blessings. 
Missouri...

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Categories: switchbacks, adventure, fantasy, fun, funny, humorous, imagination, vacation,
Form: Light Verse



A Conflict in Nature
Up here, where the lone trees grow, the air is clear and the time is now.

Up here, where the lone trees grow, my emotions alternate between what I see and what I know.

The only easy...

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Categories: switchbacks, world war ii,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Stark in Glacier Park
We planned for cycling in Northern Montana
Me, Marvin, Louis, and Anna
I had doubts about them, though they were healthy
For Anna could never resist a selfie
Marvin couldn't plan, Louis attracted disaster
Mainly because he always had to...

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Categories: switchbacks, friend, fun, hilarious, humor, mountains,
Form: Lyric
Driving At Dusk
How did I get here
why am I on this highway I don't remember why
why would I drive to Denver
what does the sign say up ahead Coeur D'Alene
that means I'm going north
that's good right, tell me...

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Categories: switchbacks, confusion, deathbaby, me, dog, baby, dog, me,
Form: Free verse
Flexing My Sestinas
For seven months now, this exercise
class at 8 a.m. Forty minutes. Tedious –
one small rip across the smooth fiber
of morning. I don’t want to be skinny,
just full of energy and run. No stress –
ready to...

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Categories: switchbacks, health, nature, world,
Form: Sestina



Premium Member Gummy Bear in the Sawatch Range
There were infinite shades of green
a few angelic scented cascades 
a pair of brown birds sang to me
I tossed a bit of chocolate on the pine needle carpet.
They beaked the pieces and quickly flew off,...

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Categories: switchbacks, nature,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member The Paths
The Paths
by Franklin Price
1/30/2016

Some paths you follow paved and  wide
Where you may move with ease
To deviate from left to right
Much doing as you please

Negotiating sweeping curves 
Can look around the bend
No trouble there that...

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Categories: switchbacks, destiny, growth, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Hiking Passion
Lacing up my hiking boots
A backpack full of supplies
Heading out on a new trail head
As the sun just starts to rise

Switchbacks up the mountain trail
Waterfalls at which I stop
Six thousand feet of elevation gain
Before I...

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© Joe Flach  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: switchbacks, adventuresun,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Unseen Pathways Ahead are Full
Unseen pathways ahead are full
   Of switchbacks and great ruts.
Should you get a foot entangled -
   I can help you regain your steps.

None of the routes are easy;
   There's...

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Categories: switchbacks, death, friend, mountains,
Form: Rhyme

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