Short Alpine Poems

alpine chalet
après ski
glow



posted on September 25, 2018...

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Alpine glow atop
Jefferson and Hood alike;
Spring bids good morning....

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A    L    G    A
P    I    N    K
S    N   O    W
F    L    O    W...

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Between the mountains
And waters, the wary soul 
Finds tranquility....

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barren palisade
horned rams prance rocky redoubt
wolf pack scales rampart...

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subdued alpine slope
blanched flock servile bleating sheep
shepherd's virile staff...

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Inhale blue skies
Mountain Wild flowers, alpine
Pillow for the soul...

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A
white death
in the snow-
an avalanche
war

Austro-Italian Alpine War 1916-1918...

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Inhale the blue skies
Mountain Wild flowers, alpine
Pillow for the soul...

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Sunrise mountain peak
Snow paint swirls on rock-strewn lake
Chilly Alpine Morn

Entry for Raul Moreno's Contest...

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Edelweiss

Edelweiss, a mountain child,
 High up in the alpine wild;
Learned to yodel in his youth
 Serenades climbers -hikers, too!...

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Show I not scrapers of skies, but majestic
Snow-capped mountains in alpine glow.
Show I not individuals of plastic;
But verdure and sylvan where songbirds show....

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Lost on a misty mountaintop
chasing Hyakoju's fox
distant vistas unclear
draws presence to what's near


an alpine flower
breathes through
the early morning dew...

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There once was a pilot from Alpine
Who became a father in month nine
Took her to the hangar
Where inside he did bang ‘er
But like his plane, didn’t pull out in time...

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snow swiftly falling
anticipating ski run
exhilaration





Haiku
Fall or Winter
Poetry Contest
Sponsored
by
Tania Kitchin
Poetry Soup Syllable Counter
12/11/21...

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Standing
alone
on an
alpine
peak

hearing 
only the
distant
bleating
of mountain
goats


08.10.20


Writing Challenge - Septolet Form - Poetry Contest
Sponsor - Constance La France...

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Alone with aqua alpine air
The calm cocoon of cotton clouds
Permeates peaceful patience
Taught by teardrop tranquility
Nestled in nocturnal nests
Murmurs the meditative moon
Here, the hallowed hush of heaven.

3/26/21...

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DAUGHTER’S  SCHOOL    REPORT



She comes to me
In the morning of her youth
And tells  all about her school day,
Her smile as fresh as
Young marguerites trembling in the breeze
In an Alpine meadow
With their white fingers fluttering
And  green stems 
Bending in unison....

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Olive green bottle garden
once beautified her perfect patio.
Resplendent with venust foliage
and pretty alpine flowering cacti.
Sadly, with declining mobility
its owner no longer ventures outdoors.
Now grungy, its only visitors
are two defecating pigeons....

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“snow flakes”

crystalline droplets… 
   heavenliest  ornaments
      earth blanket enhancive

seasonal special…
   holiday cheer enhancement 
      alpine purity

seasonal beauty…
   bountiful abundant store
      spring water release

For: **SN*O*W**  HAIKU
Sponsored by *SKAT*...

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Somewhere West of where he was,
and East of where he’d been
The mountains called their distant cry,
a pleading heard within
The alpine air, the red-tailed hawk, 
their spirits hail his name
To thence return, the past on fire
—his freedom to reclaim

(Chief Joseph Highway: September, 2021)...

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I was born to grand mountains high,
sky of blue and clouds drifting by;
to walk and seek a flawless view,
through woods I find birds of bright blue.
It is my passion . . . I admit,
sunlit wilderness to moonlit; 
alpine meadows and trails that twine,
supine moments blissful . . . divine.
...

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Early morning seedlings
The thoughts of a new day
Sprout from my mind
And travel up your way
In northern Italy
By train, by plane, by mail,
By digital rails
My spirit to you sails
And my heart for you prevails
Completely unveiled
Forever in the gale
That ebbs and flows aloft
These alpine mountaintops...

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Land of lush forested hills,
Such exquisiteness gives thrills,
Sparkling Alpine lakes delight,
Their pristine glow glitters bright,
Azure touches the meadows,
A whisper of cloud shadows,
Land of lush forested hills.


07.06.2021



For Charles Messina's "Elemental" contest...

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Ha, Ha, Ha.
It's getting better now, days of wine and roses,  dates, and alpine courses.
But through the haze of lost days, mornings, noons, and nights.
Everyday now!
A flower blooms, made of concrete.
weary morns,  hair afoul, breathe I breathe.
head a pounding, sounds afouling.
A flower blooms, made of concrete....

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