there are so many runners
so many boulder mountain trails
someone I feel into the light
welcomes me back
now from the east
a chill wind
blows in gimbals
of circling blue flame
and my friend is laughing
as if he had always been living
and from a distance I wonder
if moose ran along this trail
Published in Cider Press Review, Volume 25, Issue 2.
Victor Pearn received his Bachelor’s at University of Illinois, Springfield, and his Masters in English Literature at the University of Colorado. His writing has appeared in over 200 magazines including Caribbean Writer, Chiron Review, Haight Ashbury Literary Journal, Midwest Quarterly, Mind Matters Review, Negative Capability, Seventh Quarry. He’s authored 13 books. His awards and accolades include the 1984 Colorado University poetry contest. He was writer-in-residence at Quincy University and now lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.
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