Off-Piste

by Michael Dylan Welch and Alan S. Bridges


First published in Haiku Canada Review 13:1, February 2019, page 57. Originally written in January of 2018. Some day we hope to go skiing together.



fresh powder—

my skis covered

on the ski rack Michael


the mountain unfolds

on a trail map Alan


first tracks

through old moguls . . .

bluing sky Michael


off-piste—

I work my way through

Engelmann spruce Alan


cannon fire

in the avalanche chute Michael


hanging on the wall

of the base lodge . . .

my first skis Alan