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Switchbacks Poems - Poems about Switchbacks


Premium Member Duck Lake Pass
...“How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!” ~ naturalist John Muir For my parents, one dog, and four boys, after six hours of switchbacks with no break, when majestic waters glitter t......

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Categories: switchbacks, family, happiness, memory, nature,
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 no formidable pl......

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



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 way into th......

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Categories: switchbacks, world war ii,
Form: Free verse
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......

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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 ......

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Categories: switchbacks, destiny, growth, life,
Form: Rhyme



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 lit......

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Categories: switchbacks, adventure, fantasy, fun, funny,
Form: Light 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 – read......

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

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Categories: switchbacks, adventuresun,
Form: Rhyme
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 n......

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Categories: switchbacks, confusion, deathbaby, me, dog,
Form: Free verse

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