Hike Haikus: December 2020

Thursday, December 31, 2020

Walden reflections.

Thoreau found solitude here.

Today I did not.

Freeze, crack, swirl, drift, drip.

Ice takes on so many forms.

And then melts away.

Wind howls and blows.

Trees slow dance with each other.

Let’s get out of here!

Since I last passed by,

The old tree has fallen down.

A new chance for life.

Birds chirp. Birches stretch.

Brown leaves slowly decompose.

Ice crystals delight.

Bridges and boardwalks

To nowhere. Trail flooded out.

Look up! Tall pines shine.

Snow melt mixed with rain,

So wet. Emerson, Thoreau--

How’d you amble here?

Strangely balmy out.

Under foot a white Christmas.

Snow and ice endure.

Snow melted then froze.

We made it across the bridge

Without falling in.