Alpine Morn
The sun climbed the eastern escarpment,
poking its head up fleetingly
to glimpse the indolent meandering river below,
and as those shadows deep and dense
eased gently into morning's gift,
green leapt from the rugged slopes,
thistle blues and moss-covered rocks
attuned with the ascending sun,
evoked a silent paradise.
Mist in thin layers still clung
to the hills just above the rushing river,
glacial green and chilled,
cresting white bubbles in its knot-twisting flow
as fir trees dotted the shores,
saplings sure of growth
with pine-needle zeal, yearning
for that valley floor curtain call of light,
as the latent frost cleared its sleepy eyes.
A hawk cried from high up over the peaks,
scouring the green undulations for a feast,
its earthen hues and feather plumes
such contrast against the invested blues of the sky,
gathering white clouds like a plump fur collar
to counter the early chill,
and to then bask in the warmth
of yet another alpine day,
where light is painted in a glorious appraisal.
About this poem
A descriptive poem, written after a sojourn to the Swiss Alps.
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Submitted on March 23, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,005 |
Words | 187 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 9, 9 |
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