Short Denali Poems

The journey began in Kigali,
but came to an end at Denali:
it started off Rocky,
but downed with some Sake,
grilled moose makes the perfect tamale.
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AS I WAS WALKING IN THE SNOW

As I was walking in the snow of prints,
blanket mystery of Denali squints.
        Where’d I put my maps?
        Polar bear, perhaps?
A roaring of fur — I race from sure hints!

2/16/2018
Contest Limerick sponsored by Kevin Shaw...

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escape!
 
to live among the daffodil folk . . .
slip down the rainslickened drainpipe . . .
suddenly pop out
                             the GARGANTUAN SPOUT . . .
minuscule as alice, shout
yippee-yi-yee!
                       in wee exultant glee
to be leaving behind the LARGE
THREE-DENALI GARAGE....

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At nineteen
I wanted to live in Colorado
Till that first weekend I spent
in Cheyenne

At twenty-five
I wanted to live in Montana
Leaving Yellowstone
as Glacier took my hand

At thirty
I wanted to live in Alaska
Within Denali
where the Kodiaks roam

But as the years have progressed
I discovered
All I ever wanted to be
—was home

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2018)...

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At nineteen, 
  I wanted to live in Colorado

Till that first weekend I spent
  in Cheyenne

At twenty-five
  I wanted to live in Montana

Leaving Yellowstone,
  as Glacier took my hand

At thirty,
  I wanted to live in Alaska

Within Denali,
  where the Kodiaks roam

But as the years have progressed,
  I discovered

All I ever wanted to be
 —was home

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2018)...

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