SUMMITS: In praise of mountains Notice w hen earth touches heaven and stars see m to be in reach – times when our eyes become confounded by massive vertical structures and clouds see m to merge with mountain peaks? Not as mere geo logical structures nor barriers between you and XYZ re cognize mountains as the living s kin of this planet: poetry moving so slowly it takes millions of years to see Noel: This is a paean to mountains, right? Gwen: Seems so. Orapan: Mountains don't need paeans – they need environmental protection. Gwen: Isn't it the other way around? Mountains (being inanimate) actually need nothing, but humans (being alive) need protection because . . . Noel: Because blah, blah, blah . . . (shrugging) I've heard it a thousand times before. Tara: Ah, the mountains of discourse are difficult to climb! ===================================================================================== from Celebrations ah Song: Rejoicing Through Art, Poetry & Narratives with T Newfields SUMMARY: A poem, a digital image, and a dialog about mountain peaks KEYWORDS: alpine homage, summit hymn, sierra soliloquy, poetic landscapes Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?) Begun: 1996 in Gifu, Japan ✶ Finished: 2019 in Yokohama, Japan Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted < LAST http://www.tnewfields.info/Celebrations/heartlight.htm TOC http://www.tnewfields.info/Celebrations/index.html NEXT > http://www.tnewfields.info/Celebrations/chagall.htm TRANSLATIONS DEUTSCH: http://www.tnewfields.info/de/gebir.htm FRANÇAIS: http://www.tnewfields.info/fr/cdm.htm ESPAÑOL: http://www.tnewfields.info/es/picos.htm NIHONGO: http://www.tnewfields.info/jp/samitto.htm