This semester Olivia and I are in the same poetry class, so we thought we might post some of the poems we’ve been working on in class. Here’s one of the first ones I wrote for an assignment called the “narrative\/place” poem. It’s based off my multiple trips to June Lake with my parents every summer. Still a work in progress!<\/p>\n
June<\/em><\/p>\n Through the sage brush<\/p>\n and wildflowers,<\/p>\n along the softly<\/p>\n speaking<\/p>\n stream,<\/p>\n past the trembling aspens<\/p>\n of a thousand carved out names,<\/p>\n lies a place out of a dream.<\/p>\n Where\u00a0tiny hooves<\/p>\n line dusty paths,<\/p>\n and the air is crisp<\/p>\n and<\/p>\n thin,<\/p>\n over beds of fallen needles<\/p>\n is where summer oft begin.<\/p>\n Where green reeds sway<\/p>\n on silver shores,<\/p>\n and gulls chatter from<\/p>\n the<\/p>\n sky,<\/p>\n the trees sprout hooks and sinkers<\/p>\n that taunt the passers-by.<\/p>\n It\u2019s here among<\/p>\n the quiet pines,<\/p>\n where jays stretch their wings<\/p>\n and<\/p>\n land,<\/p>\n that love, laughter, and lessons,<\/p>\n start with fishing rod in hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This semester Olivia and I are in the same poetry class, so we thought we might post some of the poems we’ve been working on in class. Here’s one of the first ones I wrote for an assignment called the … Continue reading