Lake Tahoe in Remission

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Pristine snow at 10,000 feet melts

to become deepest blue waters,

crystal clear in shades

of turquoise, cerulean dreams,

stone lined heaven, and you

and I are together,

you out of the white halls

and slow drips for a time

and half a time, and

we stand together, the beauty

overwhelming and I hold my breath but

time won’t stand still

and the snow keeps melting.

photo by Lisa Paul

Poetics challenge: What I’d like us to do is to write a poem that conjures a view (whether from our travels or everyday life, whether from desire or experience) that is colored by the emotion of the moment. 

Poetics: A View of One’s Own
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14 thoughts on “Lake Tahoe in Remission”

  1. A visually stunning and evocative poem, Lisa. I love how the landscape becomes a metaphor for the change that time brings, as beautiful as those changes may be. The pristine becomes evocative of new love (“you out of the white halls”), and that “stone-lined heaven” shared by two. A wonderful poem.

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  6. My late sister was given a prognosis of 6months but lasted 6 years including catching and recovering from Covid so yed in a sense, the time was precious…

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