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ISSN
1942-2067
Copyright © 2009 Pirene's Fountain.
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Last updated:
October 2009 |
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Robert Walton is a life-long rock-climber and mountaineer. He’s made numerous ascents in the Sierra Nevada and Yosemite. Three of his short stories about climbing were published in the Sierra Club's "Ascent". Other stories and poems appeared in various magazines and journals. He dramatized one story, "Three's a Crowd", and it was broadcast on KUSF on November 22nd, 2006. It has been broadcast many more times on PBS since then. Three of his books for children have been published.
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Morning Coyote
A blur of footsteps
Up steep snow,
Then you turn, glance back,
Muzzle sharp as an Aztec blade
Against exploding snowlight,
Obsidian
Pointed at my breast.
Across alpine waters,
I feel your eyes,
Your predator’s appraisal,
Colder than the lake’s still frozen heart,
Swifter than wind-ripples.
Survival math done, you
Flicker
Into granite shadows. |
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