Of Mountains and Men

By Albert Bianchine

Of mountains and men is a compilation of writings based on the authors adventures while skiing the mountains of North America. The author brings both humor and drama to every day life through his poetry. A drifter, or in the seventies referred to as a free spirit, Al Bianchine finds the words to entertain and serenade every reader. Reminiscent of Dylans style, this book of poems is a keeper for every word enthusiast.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Aug 31, 2009
• ISBN: 9781477164198

Albert Bianchine

Author Bio Al Bianchine Al's adventures in the high alpine of North America have inspired collections of poetry entitled Of Mountains and Men, and short stories White Dreams, as well as a Historical Novel of Arapahoe Basin, The Legend. After meeting his wife Kathy, an avid horse woman in Aspen, Colorado, it comes as no surprise that out of the mountains of manure a new collection of short stories, All God's Horses, about the love and heartache, that they bring has arisen. The Coal Seam Fire, is a harrowing fiction story based on a Colorado forest fire which was started by an underground burning coal seam that burst through the earth. Only the heroic ride of a young girl and her talented horse can save the isolated mountain barn and it's rescued horses from certain demise.

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Copyright © 2009 by Albert Bianchine.

Library of Congress Control Number:       2009906684

ISBN:         Hardcover                               978-1-4415-5257-0

                   Softcover                                 978-1-4415-5256-3

                   Ebook                                      978-1-4771-6419-8

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CONTENTS

On the Wings of the Last Karner Blue Butterfly

Upon the Ocean’s Breezes

A Ticket to the Fair

From the Belly of the Beast

Upon the Mountains

In the Wake of a Cultural Giant

The Liberty Express

Into the Light

Assimilation

A Free Spirit

The Wind in the Helderbergs

Uncle George and the Steelies

The Thompson’s Lake Refrain

Stroh’s Run for Liberty

A Golden Poet King

Even White Knights Stumble, Guinevere

A question to Guinevere

The Poet that came out of the Closet

Five will get you Ten

That Lost Weekend

A Promise to Katarina

Restless Spirits, Harnessed Spirits

Old Man

My Mary

Nantucket Yacht Club Slip Blue

A Drunken Sailor in Saratoga

Fat Albert

Loose Items O.K.

(In Protest of the use of explosives for terrorism)

Organizations I would like to see

The Child in My Arms

A Thought in a Garden

A Thought of You

Poet to Poet

Podunk Poet

Loves Hurts

A Promise to Evelyn

The Burning Desire

Unrequited Love

Manhattan Midnight Moonlight

In a Dream

Just Accomplish It!

A Gift Given Me

Chair Six

Turning out the Faithful

Trading Trinkets, Tall Tales, Telling Lies

No Hang Gliding

Behind the Times

Out of the Gondola Shed at Gore Mountain

The, Oh My God! Refrain

Against the Wall

A Powder Run

2 cents overdrawn

A Tear By The Way

Elfie, Mr. Tweedy, and the

Missing Insurance Claim Check

Dr. Bumps!

How It Should Be

Free Nelson Mandella

Please! No Ski Boots!

A Gandy Dancer

Gandy Dancer

An Alone Poem

Disco Bars

Fresh Powder Down

Fox

Hit and Run!

Million Dollar Cowboy Bar

Lloyd Lambert’s Day At Hunter Mountain

STH

Ski The Trees

Ski Patrolman

Suddenly Life,

Was Turning Out To Be,

More than Just Mashed Potatoes and Gravy.

Telluride Smile

The Too Close to the Off Season Blues

Jaguar

Bungalow Bill

Wolf

Little Tommy Toot

The Vail Gondola Cable

Mount Sneffles