Push all your air out.Wrap your armsaround the mountain.Inhale deeply,noticing her moonlit pine.
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O! I will do it the first chance I get. Meanwhile, here it is!
ReplyDeleteYes, I want to do this and smell the freshness of mother earth!
ReplyDeleteLove it
Gorgeous, Marian. I love the focus that the pine tree gave to the whole. There is a kind of zooming in effect there, after the expanse of wrapping arms around a mountain. This speaks of a great love of nature.
ReplyDeletewonderful imagery!
ReplyDeleteVery spiritual... love the thought of embracing a mountain.
ReplyDeleteI want to hug a mountain, too, and bask in the moonlight & pine scent. Lovely! :)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous, Marian.
ReplyDeleteYou must come visit Bend Oregon ... incredibly beautiful tanka, Marian. So appropriate for the land I live in.
ReplyDeleteSounds like something wonderful to do...Here I would take a deep breath of smog... ;)
ReplyDeleteperfect ~
ReplyDeletethanks, friends. our mountain never ceases to inspire, truly :)
ReplyDeleteutter perfection
ReplyDeletehah, well Mt. Tom certainly is :)
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