On the Road to Mountain Cabin
walking is best
along the rutted road
awareness alters as you pass through the veil
between noise and silence
even as beech leaves rustle
and chicadees flutter
the tangible quiet thickens
to a surrounding quilted cloud
tracks and markings left behind whisper
history of neighbors
beaver rabbit bear deer
This poem is from the chapbook GOAT FARM ROAD Poems from the Adirondacks (Finishing Line Press), and is available now at https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/goat-farm-road-poems-from-the-adirondacks-by-catherine-norr/
Catherine Norr (nee Smither) grew up in New Orleans, LA. She now divides her year between Upstate NY and Northern Arizona, andp articipates in a longstanding poetry critique group via Zoom. Norr’s poetry publications include a chapbook, “Return to Ground” (Finishing Line Press, 2014) and in journals such as Avocet, Evening Street Review, Orion, Misfit; Stockade Spy and others. Essays were published in The Sun and online at the SVAN (Sacandaga Valley Arts Network.) She has been featured reader at Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs, and founded and hosted the Open-Mic poetry reading at Arthur’s Market, Schenectady, NY, among other active involvements with the N.Y. Capital District poetry community.
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