Snow River Poems

The river was swollen from the melting snow,
with rhythmic pulsing it ebbed and it flowed.
The earth was hard and still unyielding.
The man stood weak with...

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Fast
river
the Avon
running to Bath
beautiful with snow
when I first met
the unknown
walking 
slow 

...

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Soon Winter

Clouds
Rounded mounds piled 
Ever higher and thicker 
Heavy, hang deep gray low —
Threatening snow
— If not tonight, then tomorrow —
Over all here, upon this...

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Snow gracefully falling and
Collecting on branches
River of midnight blue
Snowflakes drifting on the currents
Like stars in a night sky
The crisp smell of melting snow on 
A...

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Creaking, cracking, booming…

You hear the sounds before the bridge,
mountain quiet amplifies it,
step out on the old iron truss,
and a mess unfolds before you.

Creeping, slipping, shearing…

Long...

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On the edge of Bow Valley River,
Where waterfall pours on stones,
I stand, a witness to nature’s symphony,
As the world unfolds before me.

On the other side...

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High above the mile-high Colorado Rocky Mountains,
Anywhere I see, I see the tall cliffs with silver lined snow caps,
The Alpine fir, blue spruce and oak...

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Like children at play
I hear them babble, 
Ever skipping away
Over rocky rabble

And all ten toes
On my own two feet,
Watching as it goes
Before I retreat

These eyes...

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Winter is leaving a patchwork behind
Woven lumps of snow, for spring to un-wind
Melting into flowing streams, easy to follow
Right on down to the river bend's...

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There are actual people
half woman half man
running mornings and
dream people in movies
half language half light.
Tomorrow is John’s funeral.

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This is my minute
my moment
Oops, gone!

Anything can happen
if...

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~ To the melody of 
      Over the River 
    and through the Woods ~


  Over...

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Where the river runs cold, warmth can still be found
In the tranquility of the flow, is a peaceful gurgling sound
Snow and ice do not stop...

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Just give me a frozen river
So I could skate away
Then give me a minute more
Tell you how I feel today

I live here in a verdant...

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Ending curve of a creek, 
Enduring the cold as I speak. 
This river no longer 
A river of water. 

This vein of the earth 
Frozen...

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river is rising
warming sun and melting snow
unpredictable

Written March 31, 2022...

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