These distant mountains speak

[danny_]

Hi Hannah. Thanks for sharing. Titles can be difficult, I agree. I haven't yet read other replies so I can give you a genuine perspective. I'll share a few thoughts -

(I really don't have a title for this. Titles are not my strength.)

These distant mountains speak < Strong opening line
in tones too low for the living to hear. < I like "tones too low" but this is the only reference to living as opposed to dead, so it doesn't seem relevant. Is there some thought of a loved one passed away in the back of your mind while writing this? In that case it could be included in title or in poem.
Winter snow,
nestled on peaks
and crags, < Don't really need this last line-break. I'd recommend "nestled on peaks and crags".
is a single syllable --
a soft vowel sound. < This single syllable sound remains a mystery. It's abstract. 


I cannot hear the language  
of these mountains,
though I listen,
my bare feet
on stony soil,
my lips wet
with glacial waters. < This stanza has a really nice image. 


I sometimes hear the echo
of those words
in the footfalls
of a cottontail rabbit,
in the hissing of a
rattlesnake hiding
in the tall, summer grass.  < Also a nice stanza. One issue: a rattlesnake would sound like his tail, not a hissing. Try rewording. Also consider: "hidden". 

Enjoyed the images in second and third stanza very much. Good work so far, please continue, and thanks for sharing.