A Good Frolic
Lets hold hands
and wander
where the air
licks cold and wet
and pine needles
crunch underfoot
Lets get lost
together
where clouds
dip down
to kiss the earth
and weave
between
tree trunks
and branches
poetry
Gideon’s Challenge
A Small Reclaiming
The skygasps light
like a
drowning man
seeking air
as clouds
stretch over
the world
like a heavy blanket
and rain drizzles
to dampen all
that lies below
cleansing away
the pollution
we leave behind
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Gideon’s Challenge
Reaching Up
Layers
upon layers
of heavy clouds
create a sky
so low
it feels
as if it is
within reach
but then
layers shift
and within
your sight
a loftier goal
appears
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Gideon’s Challenge
Little Soggy Troll
Watch each step
along the bank
as slick ground
and soggy grass
cause softness
to squish
and shoes
to sink
as the troll
hiding
in the shadows
of the bridge
laughs in glee
at your struggles
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Gideon’s Challenge
Seeking Shelter
A trek
higher
into the altitude
above
seeking cold
and snow
to find
so much more
than you
bargained for
Time
to hunker down
and wait
under
heavy boughs
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Gideon’s Challenge
Your Warmth
I want
to be tangled
in you
where bare branches
stretch overhead
and the heat
we generate
causes
shimmering crystals
to melt
and drip down
upon us
like raindrops.
Twisting the Leaf 