Motel

Apple Tree Motel, photo courtesy of Michael Bixler

Motel

Hum of night

Red glow Catskills

Flicker of light

Neon Mountain stills

Motel—taillights

The road hums

To the Apple Tree

The chill of night

Numbs—red fades to red

Distance on our side

Slide Mountain—slide

© October 29, 2012, Robbie Pruitt

My friend Michael Bixler is an excellent photographer, artist, writer, videographer and “adventurer” who took the photo above. Like much of his work, it captivated me and inspired the poem Motel. Bixler has provoked me to poetry with Ghost Lake back in October of 2012, with his photo Late Autumn Epiphany last November, and with Homage back in December of 2012, I am a huge fan of his work and am grateful he allows me to use his art as my muse. To see more of Michael Bixler’s work, click here, here, or here.

The Apple Tree Motel: http://appletreemotelcatskills.com/Home/Contact

The Apple Tree Motel sign during the day: https://plus.google.com/101311750252424984639/about?hl=en