Alan Pizzarelli

Juneau

At Mendenhall glacier
following a muddy, foot-worn path,
boots windblown with silt,
cutting round rock basins,
climbing over glacial erratics
scar’d with the rub of time.
Bald eagles perched
on rib-boned driftwood
along the inlet bank up ahead,
a fleet of icebergs
streaked cobalt blue   adrift
exposing a rocky beach.
From the high-hanging valley
melt water plunges onto a sandbar
by the lake at the end of the trail.

thunder mountain
bear claw marks
on the tall cedar

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About the Author

Alan Pizzarelli is a poet and musician. A pioneer of English-language senryu, he has been writing poetry for more than 50 years. Pizzarelli’s works have achieved worldwide acclaim and appear in a variety of textbooks, journals, and anthologies. He is the author of 14 collections of poetry, including the highly popular Frozen Socks and Mind Zaps (House of Haiku).

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