The Reluctant Adventurer

a poem as an aside / salute to a Robert Frost work

Again, and yes, once more

I stood frozen before

That legendary road

The one that's less taken

Aware for the most part

Of only my shaking

And the beat of my heart

So I took but two steps

Then scrambled on back home

I hope to take three steps

The next time that I roam

Again, and yes, once more

Jim Lonsdale Poetry 2026

Author's Note

A salute, as such, to Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken"