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Originally Posted by Joe Crocker
Jim. The “map as a big as a mountain” does follow on from the previous stanza, so I have taken on your suggestion and ended S5 with a colon. They do put up enormous piste maps outside the skilift stations. I also meant the stanza to imply a sense that the view of the ski trails you get from the top (esp on chair lift) themselves look like life-size maps, being pure bold white and working their way through dark woodland. And the prospect the map opens up is one of excitement and apprehension ahead of you -- right now or further along in life’s adventure.
Piste-makers. More typically called piste bashers or groomers in UK circles. But the sense of piste making as diligent human endeavour is also there. And I hoped the quiet ending might be an echo of the actual beatitude “Blessed are the peace makers.”
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The map is where I think the poem resides (though you make no specific mention of marriage in the comment)
The question is: who are the piste-makers in the metaphor?
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