Mountains

Sheltering arms of the kindly troll,
Troll Wall in Romsdalen, Norway

Sleeping lady mountain, Alaska,
dreams unfolding among clouds and rain.

Gentle drumlins, mountains of Mourne,
winding down to the sea

Pyrenees where pilgrims set their sights
on Santiago in Galicia.

Great wall in China snaking its way
through hard dry hills ancient as scrolls.

Mountains, challenging the bold to climb further,
Kangchenjunga, “the five treasures of the high snow”.