Long Switchbacks Poems

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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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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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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Translated by Przemyslaw Musialowski 1/03/2019

Guardian angels are the dawn and the night, every day, 
They're invisible, who does not want to see; 
They're even inside your imagination
They're like an unreal glow in a dream, 
If...

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Translated by Przemyslaw Musialowski 3/10/2019

Because there is no such magic, colors and people
for whom beauty is every day mixed in this dose, 
properly measured, to live until death: 
and we, though a bit older -...

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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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Translated by Przemyslaw Musialowski 2/3/2019

Don't say - such a world, crazy world, 
Don't say - you'll only waste your tears, don't cry, 
Be happy, while there are reasons for joy, 
Enjoy every day that's giving...

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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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