Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
August 17, 2026

Granite

"...Quartz mica feldspar glistening..."

Granite

On a cliff

High above the expanding lake
Horizon distant
Solid rock
Beneath leather boots
Quartz mica feldspar
Glistening
Overlooking
Waves crashing
Wind blowing
Grey rock granite strong
Igneous
Fire born
Now
And
Forever.








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