The Indomitable Bristlecone Pine

Jan 11, 20241 min read

Tortured, twisted Bristlecone pine

clinging to mountain cliff

despite

lashing rain

blasting wind

annihilating blizzards

Bent to the ground

groveling for purchase

Life too precious

to surrender.

Wilma Gundy

Photo Lloyd Gundy

2 Comments

Jan 12, 2024

Wilma that is a powerful poem! And I love that the photo was one of Lloyd's!

Jan 16, 2024

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I went back through my posts and added the photo credit for Loyd’s photos.

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