The Alpspitze is a magnificent mountain in Bavaria, it's sharp edges dominate the town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
The Alpspitze is a magnificent mountain in Bavaria, it's sharp edges dominate the town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
by Patrick Howse05 Mar 2016
Stone-hard precipices
dissolve from clouds,
fanged pinacles climbing
giant-daunting peaks.
I labour up less
distinguished slopes,
accepting now I shall never
reach even this summit.
I glimpse a startled eagle
between blue-green
sugar-coated branches.
Before me lies a bridge,
wooden planks laid thick
with undisturbed meringue.
Other winters have been,
and other snows;
more will come.
But through this fall
I shall be the first to tread,
my footsteps changing everything.