Morning Mountain Prayer
by Norbert Krapf
Morning mountain air
calls me to sit outside
and let it caress
my knees and calves.
Just after I settle
in a chair the sun rises
above a small divide
in the mountain
and warm light slants
onto this yellow paper
across which the black
ink of a German pen
walks leaving word tracks
that knew all along
that in the end
near the bottom
of this page
they would become
the thanksgiving prayer
I send to the universe.
Norbert Krapf, former Indiana Poet Laureate, is the author of thirteen collections, the most recent being "Indiana Hill Country Poems" from Dos Madres Press, which will also bring out "Southwest by Midwest," which includes this poem.
Norbert Krapf, former Indiana Poet Laureate, is the author of thirteen collections, the most recent being "Indiana Hill Country Poems" from Dos Madres Press, which will also bring out "Southwest by Midwest," which includes this poem.