Today’s prompt for #verselove on Ethical ELA is to craft a 4×4 poem: 4 lines, 4 syllables per line, 4 stanzas, and a repeating refrain that moves from line 1 to 4 through the poem. As I hiked San Jacinto today, I found myself thinking about words and ideas that might fit this new-to-me poetic structure. Here’s my draft:
San Jacinto
On San Jacinto
desert dry surrounds
mountains touch the sky
beckoning welcome
Alpine gondola
on San Jacinto
lifts to altitude
snowy spring hiking
Slushy slidy snow
melting in cool pools
on San Jacinto
desert far below
Descent to Palm Springs
desert wonderland
after day’s hiking
on San Jacinto
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