Arches and Geysers Await

Haiku of the dream

Smokies and Rockies rivers and canyons southwest camp at Jenny Lake

mists — Appalachian laurels and rhododendrons Blue Ridge horizons

summer snow — Tetons marmot, moose, bear, snake, magpie glacier skinny dip

music and picnic dance — festival at twilight food truck rodeo

holding hands we hike see lands of beautiful earth we are free to breathe

mountains and seas call arches and geysers await while we dream at home

Samantha Lazar 2021

Someday, hopefully soon, I will feel safe enough to travel again with my son, who is not yet old enough to receive a COVID vaccine. Even though people seem to be living their best summers all over the world with their kids, we have been having fun closer to home. Today, we will experience the immersive Van Gogh exhibit! And this week is our “ice cream shop hop” — Very excited.

This poem is in response to Being Known’s July prompt. Thank you to Jupiter Grant and Galit Birk, PhD for the tags!

Thank you for reading. Samantha Lazar is a writer, poet, and teacher living in North Carolina with the loves of her life. Her first narrative poetry collection, Reaching Marrakesh is available here.