rune (n.)
an incantation composed while running. A compressed verbal etching that captures fleeting moments, landscapes, and encounters. Most runes follow a 5-7-5 haiku structure, used less as a poetic tradition and more as a form of constraint and discipline.
(from runes: early Germanic alphabets, often believed to carry hidden meanings or magic, and run: a mode of human locomotion)
i run through landscapes
wrapping them in gold paper
of inner symbols
somewhere in the wilderness
stray dogs in wind caves
seagulls in a vulture's nest
staining the glass rocks
wind caves in the Gaviota State Park
thirty-seven years
a truly meaningless while
for four timeless saints
a birthday, single-day push on San: Jancinto, Gorgonio, Bernardino, Antonio
dilemmantra #1
fall
found me dazed in the field
"should I pack up the dust
of all that I own?"
and roll out when the last leaves
fall
found me dazed in the field
“should I pack up the dust
of all that I own?”
and roll out when last leaves
fall
found me dazed in the field
"should I…
plains of Montana
high tide magic mile
this one empty as always
running in water
the beach at UCSB campus
sunset suicide
flies like meteor showers
craters on my skin
a bike descent from Whitney Portal
with empty hands and empty mind
no days ahead no days behind
like falling stars on sable sky
gone when gone where
gone what and why
night run in La Florida, Costa Rica
across the ocean
lighthouses string a clothesline
dry saudades, dry!
Nobska Lighthouse, MA
a kite festival
a cormorant flock rising
from volcanic nests
a park in Metepec, Mexico
the arch frames the sky
in the petrified iris
Night finds her mirror
Mobius Arch in Alabama Hills
cold steel of the dawn
the greydense fog suspended
in gasping for air
Caltech Barn
sooty road ahead
sighs in anticipation
or perhaps it's me
pre-dawn in San Marino, CA
the clay cathedrals
wait for orange groves to bloom
on the horizon
Fonts Point in Anza Borrego
in flight with no trace
two butterflies intertwined
rain washes mine too
Gabrielino Trail (April)
silence of the sun
it's breaking hearts, burning minds
the hill is unkind
Mt Wilson Toll Road to Henninger Flats
Highku
bird's flight, high above
leaves no trail whatsoever
high river wipes mine
Gabrielino Trail (January)
green infinity
in this finite field of grass
cantor set of shades
Caltech Soccer Field
Highku #2
Long Slow Distance
Light & Stones Deserted
(po)Lightly Stoned Deserters
Lick Starfull Dewdrops
Joshua Tree National Park
white egret marooned
a runner lapping the track
what's more beautiful?
Caltech Track
a hundred cascades
bring the clouds to the river
in a rough caress
San Gabriel River West Fork
the still scent of spring
the suspended abundance
filling mists and lungs
Wella's Peak (May)
the broken flowers
all that is left behind her
yet another run
streets of San Marino, CA
the sun leaves the day
with serene disappointment
the dusk turns to salt
Wella's Peak (July)
back and forth with light
lonely dusks rhyme painfully
between my temples
echolapsing
Wella's Peak (August)
new trails and new songs
signs of cold nights and warm byes
a lone twogether
Mt Islip
the first light colors
the steep slope of the mountain
i will dare to climb
Cucamonga Peak
edges and ledges
darkness roars in the gully
my heart roars along
Mt Russell
long verdant exhales
a hopeless silent sizzle
sap drops on fire
San Gorgonio - San Bernardino traverse
distant daffodils
dangerous, delirious
dimmed desiderium
Telescope Peak
Third Woods 