Wednesday, March 3, 2021

With Apologies to Sonnet 130

Coldfoot's warmth depends not on the sun;

ground beef blood and pallet fires bright red;

the snow is white, and also gray, and dun;

if hares bound quick, their quickness saves their head.

I have seen mountains cloaked in snowy white,

and strived to keep from frostbite on my cheeks;

and on some trails, incredulous delight --

frozen bogs asleep so nothing reeks.

I love to hear the wind through spruce boughs

though such a cold and restless, keening sound;

I did at long-last see a bull moose go;

my skis did schuss their tracks upon the ground.

This place, I think, is hidden treasure, rare

in form, and quite well-worn, beyond compare.




pretty mountains


out re-blazin' the trails


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