earth note 35

bethel, vermont 

fog halo granite mountain

the mist tilts east

white river rapids

wild irreverent backwoods chanting

white birch bark peeled away

a trunk of blemishes opened to light

--- e b bortz 

(published in ptrint 3x5, January 2008)

(published in split w*sky, 2002)

(published in Jawbone, May 2008)