‘Approaching Spring’ and Other Poetry by Alec Ream

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Approaching Spring

Above the mountain, under the sky,
Canadian Geese, you hear their cry,
Over the mountain, hear them sing,
Man and Wife, approaching Spring.

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Charge to Orion

Gird thy blade and tighten belt
Spurred unswayed by heights not felt
Betelgeuse and Rigel fire
Nimble Lepus; he shall tire

Lepus: Hare pursued by Orion

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Muir and Mountain

Mountains calling I must go
Valley falling, sage and beau
Countless cactus, time unstained
Desert trackless, clime unfeigned

Indebted to John Muir’s “The mountains are calling and I must go”
Photo of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument by Ajo Arizona

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All photos by Karwendelbilder.

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Alec Ream is a writer living in Virginia. His poetic work and creative fiction have been widely published. A member of the Demosthenian Literary Society at UGA, he wrote on Lookout Mountain, and continued to write, lecture and work for Delta Kappa Epsilon HQ. He was first published reading to the pledge class of Michigan DKE, in Ann Arbor in 2008. Recently, his poem Green Fire was read at the Washington Literary Society & Debating Union at UVA.