Writer in Residence

with a flick of a gloved hand

a dusting of snow sprays off the green picnic table
with a view of the craggy peaks

at this movement becoming writer in residence on top of East Peak

a new tradition for the holidays
a hike with dogs
pen, paper
to commemorate a tradition
to give thanks

watching the landscape
of red lodgepole pines
Fraser River Canyon
Continental Divide
of sage
and wildflowers
all buried under snow

while sitting atop the world,