Root Glacier I
shuffle of boots
radical erratics
tuffs of poplar hover
skeleton of one dead leaf
etched onto an icy page
accelerating
time sped by autumn leaf drop
too easy, not fair
faster and faster goes by
the years, marked by love and tears
ice water grit-flow
adapt to plasticity
this is your test, now.
Root Glacier II
Patch of black ice peaks
through rocks, looks like rock. Sneaky
slippery. Watch out.
pock-marked by gravel and stone
a ridgeline of whale back slope
leaf skeleton melts
sinking to ice surface
what is your imprint?
ice woman has no skin
and no sunscreen to protect
so exposed on the ice
nowhere to hide from wind and sun
except under hood
Root Glacier III
glacial ablation
where ancient capillaries trickle
body with no skin
pebbles flow within structure
structure with constant changes
crampons tightly secured
I crunch over the ice’s surface
a tap dance of metal
each hole a new melting place
filled up with water and dust
hope against hope. I
Wonder: what will happen next
after it all melts?
Root Glacier IV
ragged dirty ice
ascending to frozen sky
old, old dirty ice
odd that one can stay so soiled
with so much running water
from azure mill wholes
bubbles rise like sacred breath
air the mammoths used
something ancient seems so new
“non-living” seems to miss the point
forward to the river
first a lake icebergs form
then the water rushes
Root Glacier V
crunching of crampons
over rock and icy mass
euphoric laughter
echoes over deep mourning
noisy roars creaks moans and squeals
like rivers of ice
constantly moving forward
we move through our pain
turn a corner, pause, full stop:
Glacial erratic, huge, black.
stones within emerge
sealed with change bonded with time
life inside the gray
Root Glacier VI
lines cross the landscape
cutting stripes curves cut deeper
straight ancient round new
ever moving forward
past the mountains high above
caves edge the bottom
a chance to explore below
who is brave enough
spikes of steel bit her surface
new pools form in their wakes
and one brave woman
takes off her knives and goretex
to swim naked, ICED
Root Glacier VII
white blue clear bluer
so cold and so beautiful
you make me feel warm
yearn to jump in your waters
pure, crystalline, magical
depths uncertain
surface so easy and calm
arms glide in with heart
deceptive façade begins
placid conceals deep danger
cold winds blow down the
glacier – catabatic its
called. Frosty nights ahead
Root Glacier VIII
charcoal tops the ice
chips and shards of ice peek through
cobbled together
moving in unison
forward motion forever
strength beyond measure
maniacally powerful
dynamic current
patient, unyielding, watchful
careful to persevere
ice-wind swoops down slope
carrying sapphire blue scents
to my nose, my mouth
Root Glacier IX
her snarled hair
runs in glistening ribbons
ice minnows leaping
take these tresses and make them
into song, into drumbeat
like our hearts, that beat
the rhythm of our writing
we keep moving along
unending circle of work
churning, flowing, decisive
keeping thoughts flowing
keep pens moving trailing words
as ice moves, melts, flows
Root Glacier X
ice mama, birth me
underground rivers, deep bones
how do I open?
slowly. so slowly. slowly.
patiently. persistently.
mind blank, so very
blank. nothing but empty space
cold, blank, empty, nothingness
and then form, this grey body
melting, melting and melting
born again, flowing on
molecules in water bottles
carry away to places new.
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