Tuesday, October 18, 2016

"Late October Camping in the Sawtooths" by Gary Snyder

Catherine Hyde

          Sunlight climbs the snowpeak
       glowing pale red
Cold sinks into the gorge
       shadows merge.
      Building a fire of pine twigs
       at the foot of a cliff,
            Drinking hot tea from a tin cup
       in the chill air—
               Pull on sweater and roll a smoke.
       a leaf
       beyond fire
       Sparkles with nightfall frost.




"Late October Camping in the Sawtooths" by Gary Snyder from Left Out in the Rain. © Shoemaker Hoard, 2005. 

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