Lady Slipper Trail Haiku

By Judith Lauter

Lady Slipper Trail Haikuby poet, photographer, and neuroscientist Judith Lautertakes the reader for a walk along a trail in the Moreno Valley, high in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Angel Fire, New Mexico. The lower trail begins just above Monte Verde Lake and, after following the lakes source creek through a series of marshy meadows, in an old forest of aspen, fir, and spruce. The upper trail then climbs a rocky hill through the forest toward a viewpoint looking out over rolling pine meadows.

The photos and poems in this book reflect the variety of plant and animal life that can be seen along the trail and capture the sense of peace and awe that come from spending time in some of the most beautiful country in northern New Mexico. A set of informative endnotes further enriches the experience.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jul 29, 2016
• ISBN: 9781524514143

Judith Lauter

Judith Lauter (JudithLauter.com) was born in Austin, Texas. When she was nine, her family moved to Michigan where she later met her husband, the poet Ken Lauter, in a poetry-writing seminar at the University of Michigan taught by Donald Hall (US Poet Laureate, 2006-7). Th e couple has subsequently lived in the deserts of Arizona, the mountains of Colorado, the prairies of Missouri and Oklahoma, and now make their home in the pineywoods of Nacogdoches TX. Judith holds a BA in English literature, three master’s degrees (creative writing, library/information science, and linguistics), and a PhD in communication sciences (Washington University in St. Louis). She taught and directed human neuroscience laboratories at major universities for more than three decades, before retiring in 2012 and returning to her fi rst loves, photography and poetry. In addition to scientifi c articles, chapters, and books (including How is Your Brain Like a Zebra? Xlibris, 2008, ZebraBrain.net), she has published poems in journals, and won two Hopwood Awards for poetry (University of Michigan), an Academy of American Poets prize (University of Denver), and the Norma Lowry Memorial Prize (Washington University). Her prize-winning photography has been compared to Eliot Porter’s; reproductions (including selections from this book) are available at FineArtAmerica.com. She has published eight previous books of poetry-and-images with Xlibris, plus a book of photos and poems about Wallace Stevens with the Stephen F. Austin State University Press (see inside for titles).

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Copyright © 2016 by Judith Lauter. 745358

ISBN:

Softcover    978-1-5245-1415-0

EBook          978-1-5245-1414-3

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Photo credits

All interior photographs by the author; front-cover photo is National Park Service, public domain; back-cover photo from the author’s collection. Reproductions of selected photos from this book are available under the author’s name online.

Rev. date: 07/28/2016

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to Ken

who explored the Trail with me often in the past,

and waited patiently while I walked it again

gathering materials for this book

Contents

Preface

Monte Verde Lake

Far Enough North

Economy of Abundance

Deer Grazes the Marshy Verge

Lower Trail

Spruce and Pine Highway

Microcosm

Who’s the Fairest

Final Exit

Marsh Boardwalk

Scarlet Gilia and Her Guard

Precursor

Flowers & Rocks

Shaggy Mane Mushroom

Grasshopper Checks Out Copper Mushroom

Late Summer Fiesta

Salsify (Shepherd’s Clock)

Upper