Poem Tigers

 1st January 2023 at 4:41pm
why was
there a
frozen tiger
on
mt kilimanjaro?

i have found
many
such tigers.
Nietzsche
and many
many
others

They hungered for
the peak
of the world
the edge
of the known

Journeying
alone
until
they see
a view
only possible
from
the edge
of their
life

freezing
in a dark
lit only
by the light
of countless
galaxies

(by Edward Covannon) - 2013-11-26


(earlier version)

why was
there a
frozen tiger
on
mt kilimanjaro?

i have found
many
Nietzsche
and many
many
others

they hungered for
the peak
of the world
the edge
of the known

getting there
eventually
alone
for a view
only possible
from
the edge
of their
life

freezing
in a dark
lit only
by the light
of countless
galaxies

(by Edward Covannon) - 2013-11-25