Climbers' Light, by Robert Walton

Untitled, photograph by Jon Walton (USA). Contemporary.

Climbers' Light

Honey-mustard alpen-glow
Just lapped up
By a wolf of evening shadow
Hurries our steps
Down from summits too long savoured -

But while stars open
Above wastes of stone
The highest snowfield
Burns white
As Owens Valley sands at noon.

Our path shines clear
In Climbers' Light.

Robert Walton

​Robert Walton is an experienced writer with several dozen poems published.  His novel Dawn Drums was awarded first place in the 2014 Arizona Authors Association’s literary contest and also won the 2014 Tony Hillerman Best Fiction Award.  He is a retired teacher and a life-long rock climber.