Victoria Peak Tower
Victoria Peak is a mountain in the western half of Hong Kong Island. It is also known as Mount Austin, and locally as The Peak. With an altitude of 552 m (1,811 ft), it is the highest mountain on Hong Kong island, ranked 31 in terms of altitude in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Tai Mo Shan is the highest point in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region with an altitude of 957 m).
The summit is occupied by a radio telecommunications facility and is closed to the public. However, the surrounding area of public parks and high-value residential land is the area that is normally meant by the name The Peak. It is a major tourist attraction that offers views over Central, Victoria Harbour, Lamma Island and the surrounding islands.
With some seven million visitors every year, the Peak is a major tourist attraction of Hong Kong. It offers spectacular views of the city and its harbours. The viewing deck also has coin operated telescopes that the visitors can use to enjoy the cityscape. The number of visitors led to the construction of two major leisure and shopping centres, the Peak Tower and the Peak Galleria, situated adjacent to each other.
Think of a place with a spectacular view and write from that perspective. Compare how this view is different from ground level; what does perspective add/subtract from it? Are you affected adversely by high places? Write of that. Use your height to your advantage, and write what you view!
SMOG RINGS
How odd:
the mountains here
have been here all along.
Now, from here, the valley below
is gone.
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This is a work in progress; already i think the title should be changed, perhaps to “Smog Screen” after the smoke screens that ships used to lay down in wartime.
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From the Top
From the top of Tokyo Tower
A breathtaking city view awaits
360 stand buildings as far as one sees
On a clear day Mt. Fuji’s peak shines
From the top of the St. Louis Arch
The west side shows riches and beauty
While the east view is poverty stricken
Separated by the mighty Mississippi
It’s one-hundred and seventy-seven steps
To the top of the Pensacola Lighthouse
But the view is well worth the trek
Just watch out for wandering spirits
The click-click-click to the very top
Most frightened eyes focus on the peak
While I gaze upon the surrounding beauty
Still tensed and ready for the sudden fall
I would love to view it all from space
And look down on God’s greatest creation
No other sphere has beauty like Earth
Will I have a good view from Heaven
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Fire Tower
They climbed the spiral
steps all the way to the
cabin perched at the top
It was their job to watch
to survey the horizon for
wisps of smoke that
signaled fire below
alone, isolated above
even the hawks and eagles
scanning in all directions
the weighty responsibly
settled all around them
they could see the forest for the trees
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We have those towers all over the place down here. All abandoned. Sure would like to get one to use for writing.
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I love the ending, open as it is to several interpretations.
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WALENDA
Misted wire between two points
and short distance between two countries.
High above the cascade and turbulent churn,
the daredevil takes a closer walk
talking to Jesus all the way.
Niagara Falls, Walenda doesn’t!
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I remember….
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Another Peak
Mount Hood, a white triangle
in the distance.
Multnomah Falls dazzles
the eye with crystal,
cascading streams of
water over rock.
Mount Hood, a white triangle
in the distance.
Winding, winding, winding
up to higher elevations,
fir trees forming roads
to guide you.
Mount Hood, a white triangle
in the distance.
Then, Timberline Lodge,
and a sudden brilliance
of white. Walk around
to the back. You are at
the base of Mount Hood.
It is August, and the mountain
is a bear of snow. Skiers
are in the distance, and you
are a tiny dot on the map
of Mount Hood.
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This is so fitting for the loveliest peak in the Cascades.
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Thanks, William!
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Devil’s Bridge, Sedona Arizona
People climb up
Looking over pines
Red rocks
Take pictures
Some die
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Ledgemere Beach
A horseshoe of sand
embraced on both sides by rocks
sliver of heaven.
Copyright © Hannah Gosselin 2015
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