Poetry + rock climbing
I mentioned to my friend Ben that I’d once recited Longfellow’s Wreck of the Hesperus while soloing the First Flatiron and recorded it by using an iPhone strapped ghetto go-pro […]
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Never Jealous: Part 5
He’s not sure which way to turn. The road is stretching out so flat, and the desert looks the same north as south. East as west. Back as forward. His […]
Never Jealous: Part 4
Time rewinds and positions are reassumed. It’s like the act ended, set break was called, everyone left the stage, went off to do their own thing for an hour—drink some […]
Never Jealous: Part 2
She lays her crash pad out below the gently overhanging wall, then plops down on it to pull on shoes. They squeeze her toes, biting into the knuckles. She cinches […]
Never Jealous: Part 1
“Never Jealous” is a (currently) unfinished story that I found a couple years ago hiding in some far-off corner of my endless writing files. I probably wrote it in 2004, […]
The Climber’s Prayer
Now I set me up to climb I pray the Lord my route to find Should I fall before the top I pray the Lord my ass to stop By […]
Chased by Snow, Following Coyote
Where: Joshua Tree National Park, California When: Mid-December Why: Star-watching, desert wandering, making art, watching coyotes, rock climbing, internal peace-seeking, solitude, and a nice long drive The coyote and the […]
An Ode To Dirty Girls
There’s dirt beneath your blunt fingernails and the sky-blue polish is rubbing thin A scar makes your well-crafted eyebrow quiver at its tapered end Your designer jeans didn’t come pre-worn […]
The Were-Wolf
The were-wolf came to me the other night while I was sleeping. It’s wrong what they say about him coming out on full moons. He prefers eerie half-light, not the […]
Night
‘With a hole in my heart I was forced to ride…’ And I did over and over again ‘But a horse is not a home’ So I whipped the miles […]
