Little Lakes Poem and Videos

Little Lakes Fly Fishing

Slabs of Kimberlite press ribbon of quartz.

Ultramafic rock lines bridge over Little Lakes.

Volcanic eruptions formed hidden diamonds, as

lovers under covers, puppy streams between

dogs like water get into fissures.

Tie flies before Rock Creek hike.

Mosquito Flats creates feed for trout. 

Every minute of climb a new pool:

Marsh Lake, Heart Lake, Box and Long Lakes

Early Explorer sans poetic imagination rule.

Climb faster than Big Horn sheep - jewels are yours.

Ruby and Gem Lake side trips deliver glacier schools

Swim with Paiutes and tourists but for

heaven's sake don't scare the fish.

Puppy swimming back in Little Lakes

examine for Golden Trout

Caroline Gerardo September 2016 copyrights 

for poem, video and photographs are mine.

Snow Angels

Yosemite meadow whispers, 

wind brushes snow. 

"Where no man has gone before!"

 My brother says, dropping his body 

prone on his back 

then laughs hysterically, 

swim his arms and swish legs.

Leave a perfect angel.

Back out cover tracks, 

 branch of cedar perfume.

Driving home pass the valley

 where  El Portal rests

under the cover of fog.

Is Cary Stayner still alive?

Do ghosts haunt the town?

His brother returns from abduction, 

scarring the family.

Those Devils never learned how to make snow angels?

Caroline Gerardo 3/5/2016 Copyright

Yosemite

Solo. 

Bug protection,

fly fishing line, 

 and flint for company.

Three days thirty plus miles

~

continue climb,

air out blisters,

wade in lakes,

~

Campfire perfume

clings to boots

driving home.

Caroline Gerardo Summer 2015

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