{"id":4677,"date":"2015-10-02T12:15:17","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T12:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/?p=4677"},"modified":"2015-10-02T15:04:53","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T15:04:53","slug":"from-agassiz-peak-a-poem-by-david-chorlton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/from-agassiz-peak-a-poem-by-david-chorlton\/","title":{"rendered":"From Agassiz Peak. A Poem by David Chorlton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><\/p>\n<ul>photo Roberta Chortlon<\/ul>\n<p><\/em><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>From eleven thousand feet the shadows<br \/>\ncast by clouds rock<br \/>\nback and forth as they float down<br \/>\nthrough volcanic light<br \/>\nto the forests where they break<br \/>\napart between the pines<br \/>\nand disappear into late summer grass.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nWindgusts at that altitude<br \/>\nslide from a raptor\u2019s wing<br \/>\nand dissolve in thin air<br \/>\nwhile the view from the treeline<br \/>\nruns sky-wide and frost-bright<br \/>\nto the point where Earth and rain<br \/>\npale into each other.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nA misplaced glance<br \/>\nwould slip back a thousand years<br \/>\nto be swallowed by lava<br \/>\nand leave no foothold<br \/>\non the crater\u2019s edge.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nPrairies tumble, edge over edge,<br \/>\nwhile forests tighten their grip<br \/>\nagainst winter, which begins<br \/>\nits descent from the first<br \/>\naspen leaf to turn yellow.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/100_3161.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/100_3161-246x300.jpg\" alt=\"100_3161\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/100_3161-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/100_3161-841x1024.jpg 841w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/100_3161-100x122.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/100_3161-150x183.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/100_3161-200x244.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/100_3161-300x365.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/100_3161-450x548.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/100_3161-600x731.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/100_3161-900x1096.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.artvilla.com\/plt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/100_3161.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>David Chorlton was born in Austria, grew up in Manchester, England, and lived for several years in Vienna before moving to Phoenix in 1978. Arizona\u2019s landscapes and wildlife have become increasingly important to him and a significant part of his poetry. His <em>Selected Poems from FutureCycle Press appeared in 2014.<\/em> The shadow side of Vienna provides the core of <em>The Taste of Fog<\/em>, a work of fiction published by Rain Mountain Press. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidchorlton.mysite.com\/\">http:\/\/www.davidchorlton.mysite.com\/<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/robin@artvilla.com\">robin@artvilla.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PoetryLifeTimes\">PoetryLifeTimes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/%20www.artvilla.com\/plt\">Poetry Life &#038; Times<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artvilla.com\">www.artvilla.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Artvilla.com\">Artvilla.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-socializer wpsr-share-icons\" data-lg-action=\"show\" data-sm-action=\"show\" data-sm-width=\"768\"><h3>Share and Enjoy !<\/h3><div class=\"wpsr-si-inner\"><div class=\"wpsr-counter wpsrc-sz-40px\" style=\"color:#000\"><span class=\"scount\" data-wpsrs=\"\" data-wpsrs-svcs=\"pinterest,print,pdf,twitter\"><i class=\"fa fa-share-alt\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><small class=\"stext\">Shares<\/small><\/div><div class=\"socializer sr-popup sr-count-1 sr-40px sr-pad\"><span class=\"sr-pinterest\"><a data-pin-custom=\"true\" data-id=\"pinterest\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=&amp;media=&amp;description=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Submit this to Pinterest\"><i class=\"fab fa-pinterest\"><\/i><span class=\"ctext\" data-wpsrs=\"\" data-wpsrs-svcs=\"pinterest\"><\/span><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-print\"><a data-id=\"print\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.printfriendly.com\/print?url=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Print this article \"><i class=\"fa fa-print\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-pdf\"><a data-id=\"pdf\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.printfriendly.com\/print?url=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Convert to PDF\"><i class=\"fa fa-file-pdf\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-twitter\"><a data-id=\"twitter\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=%20-%20%20\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Tweet this !\"><i class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-share-menu\"><a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More share links\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\" data-metadata=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;excerpt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;short-url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;rss-url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.artvilla.com\\\/plt\\\/feed\\\/&quot;,&quot;comments-section&quot;:&quot;comments&quot;,&quot;raw-url&quot;:null,&quot;twitter-username&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-secret&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\"><i class=\"fa fa-plus\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-socializer wpsr-share-icons\" data-lg-action=\"show\" data-sm-action=\"show\" data-sm-width=\"768\"><div class=\"wpsr-si-inner\"><div class=\"socializer sr-popup sr-32px sr-pad\"><span class=\"sr-facebook\"><a data-id=\"facebook\" style=\"background-color:#1e73be;color:#8224e3;\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share this on Facebook\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook-f\"><\/i><\/a><\/span>\n<span class=\"sr-share-menu\"><a href=\"#\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More share links\" style=\"background-color:#1e73be;color:#8224e3;\" data-metadata=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;excerpt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;short-url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;rss-url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.artvilla.com\\\/plt\\\/feed\\\/&quot;,&quot;comments-section&quot;:&quot;comments&quot;,&quot;raw-url&quot;:null,&quot;twitter-username&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fb-app-secret&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\"><i class=\"fa fa-plus\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>photo Roberta Chortlon &nbsp; &nbsp; From eleven thousand feet the shadows cast by clouds rock back and forth as they float down through volcanic light to the forests where they break apart between the pines and disappear into late summer grass. &nbsp; Windgusts at that altitude slide from a raptor\u2019s wing and dissolve in thin &#8230; <a title=\"From Agassiz Peak. 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