Hit and Outrun
...
Trailhead latrine,
cracked mirror—
three of me grinning wrong.
A soap shaver's chewed itself down,
there's a beetle on its back in the basin.
I clean my hands as best I can,
wipe the...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
trailhead, conflict, self,
Form: Free verse
Gifts of the Winter Witch
...A venetian red yearling’s head
Pops up
From behind a fallen log
Licks rouge from its lips
And the syrup sipped from dark maple bark
Ears tweaking
To the snow-crunch creak
Of my dog and me appr...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
trailhead, angel, animal, earth, january,
Form: Free verse
White Broom
...*A young man went out for a stroll
into a remote patch of icy blue Adirondak
It's been a few moons since he was last seen
they discovered his lithium car at the trailhead
A white broom swept hi...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
trailhead, adventure, nature,
Form: Free verse
Lost In the Woods
...When you're lost in those woods, it sometimes takes you a while to realize that you are lost. For the longest time, you can convince yourself that you've just wandered off the path, that you'll find ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
trailhead, absence, analogy, blessing, depression,
Form: Verse
The Whispering
...The man went for a mountain run,
told his fiancé of his plans.
A sundial slowly waltzed on by...
but the man never came back.
They called in search and rescue.
They spread out far into the wil...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
trailhead, adventure, lost,
Form: Rhyme
No Shortcuts
...Can’t just jump to the finish line
Need to put in the work along the way
Would be nice to only reap the gains
But no shortcuts despite what others say
Progress needs to build upon itself
Can’t...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
trailhead, analogy, encouraging, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Taylor Creek
...Hiking the canyon, the trailhead
below, down the stairs we would dread
in a few hours or so.
Beautiful day, sunny and hot,
Lovely tall pines, shady in spots,
Onward, upward we go!
Forty creek...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
trailhead, adventure,
Form: Other
Lost In the Woods
...Lost in the woods
Are you kidding?
My feet they’re freezing
We’re lost in the woods!
We’re lost in the woods!
You warned me of mud
And you certainly didn’t disappoint
And now there’s even...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
trailhead, humorous, song,
Form: Lyric
Coming Back Home
...Calloused by the do-or-die hero's walk on the perilous road
Over hazard's hill stumbling in soldier's shoes of regret and sorrow
Merciless these wars of tired tyrants, this tr...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
trailhead, conflict, courage, depression, endurance,
Form: Acrostic
The Peak, Part I
...The trailhead stands there before me,
after two hour's drive,
a peak with a panorama
that others call sublime.
I have been meaning to climb it,
test my will and my heart,
cannot believe it to...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
trailhead, journey, life, metaphor, mountains,
Form: Narrative
Escaping Teh Clouds
...Escaping the Clouds
by Odin Roark
Entering one's Now…
How long the traverse.
Mountainous obstacles
Seem not of our creation,
Yet rock hard impasses appear
Where clear ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
trailhead, dedication,
Form: Free verse
Exiting the Clouds
...Exiting the Clouds
Entering one's Now
How long the traverse
Mountainous obstacles
Seem not of our creation
Yet rock hard impasses appear
Where clear path seemed obvious
Now impassible
The best ...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
trailhead, philosophy, weather,
Form: Free verse
The Listening Friend
...everything is beyond green today
even the bluebirds take notice,
and seronade the dancing sun
death is so far away-
iv'e given a name to the Iris
that lives and plays near the trailhead
that has gre...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
trailhead, introspection, nature, green,
Form: Free verse
The Grand View
...Sick. Post-alcohol.
Line. Bathroom stall.
Arizona. Trembling soul.
Tourist. Obligatory stroll.
Trailhead. The Grand View.
Crowd. Suffocating solitude.
Death. One false step.
Breathing. Relentl...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
trailhead, places
Form: Rhyme