North Olympic Library System Poetry Walk
Last week I was on vacation with my family in the Pacific Northwest. One of our hikes, The Spruce Railroad Trail in Olympic National Park, included a Poetry Walk. I took pictures of the panels and wrote a found poem from them. I invite you to do the same. Found poems are fun. Write the lines that grab you in some way (an image you relate to, words you love to say) and write them in an order that is pleasing to you.
Here is a draft I wrote in my notebook:
Crescent Lake Found Poem
Stenciled on the petal of a bluebell
the earth remembered me
my thoughts
light as moths
smell like grass and salt
smooth home- the river.
Margaret Simon, draft
Reflections on the Teche 
Black quivering
silhouettes
Fragile pinnacles of
fairy castles
Upward to heaven
Vanished into something better
Duly with love return
Thanks for writing. These words fit together in a beautiful and hopeful way.
Margaret, what a lovely way to walk a trail – – surrounded by the beauty of poetry to enhance the nature all around. I love those signs and I wonder if it’s something I could do in retirement, since there is a Pirate Trail in my community. Putting up a few poems on the path would be a great thing to leave in retirement so others could be inspired to read more poems. I love this idea and love the found poem that you created from the walk – – you are always so creative and clever with the way you weave things together. Thanks for the inspiration.