A Hike Up Ben Nevis

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A beautiful day in the Scottish highlands, sweet!
Perfect for a climb up Ben Nevis; 
a feat I intended today to do 
whether sunny or not.
The cliffs that edge the mountain make my knees quake,
but the view is to die for.
Rainbows arc over distant mountains, though 
this mountain remains dry. Thank you!” say I 
to the great Ben Nevis with love.

W3 Prompt #111: Wea’ve Written Weekly poet of the week, Robbie, prompts us to write a golden shovel poem “using a quote by any famous or well-known politician, artist, writer, or poet…”

I chose the following line from Ben Nevis: A Dialogue by John Keats: “Sweet Nevis do not quake, for though I love”

The featured photo shows two actual photographs I took from the top of Ben Nevis many years ago.

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20 thoughts on “A Hike Up Ben Nevis”

  6. The cliffs that edge the mountain make my knees quake,
    but the view is to die for.

    Holy-shamoley, Jenn. You really made this work! The poem is really good – I would not have thought it was a golden shovel if I hadn’t known in advance.

    ~David

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