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Mountaintops

a Haiku

By D.K. ShepardPublished 2 years ago Updated about a year ago 1 min read
Mountaintops
Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash

View point, pinnacle

Look up, climb, stand tall, look back

Landmarks, next and last

nature poetryHaiku

About the Creator

D.K. Shepard

Character Crafter, Witty Banter Enthusiast, World Builder, Unpublished novelist...for now

Fantasy is where I thrive, but I like to experiment with genres for my short stories. Currently employed as a teacher in Louisville.

dkshepard.com

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  • Angie the Archivist 📚🪶about a year ago

    I adore mountain tops and lookouts etc! This captures them beautifully 🤩

  • Oh it is brilliant about hills!

  • Rowan Finley 2 years ago

    Beautiful! I want to climb a mountain now!

  • L.C. Schäfer2 years ago

    I could feel the cold wind on my face reading this! Lifting me higher!

  • Gosh this felt so liberating! Loved your Haiku so much!

  • Babs Iverson2 years ago

    Exquisitely written!!! Loved it!!!💕❤️❤️

  • John Cox2 years ago

    I like the sense of journey in your Haiku defined by landmarks, which when land navigating serve as guideposts. I love Hannah's interpretation. Wished I thought of it.

  • Hannah Moore2 years ago

    More mountain action. Again, we see both ways but not so much where we are stood. Just have to feel where we are.

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