journeys calling now

The Mt. Shasta Triangulation

A walk drawn with cardinal precision. The map is the journey.

begins: primary survey marker

The Knot at Siskiyou

Same water, different names, depending where you stand.

begins: where the lake stops being a lake

Three Verses of Water

Three falls. Three verses. One poem the river has been writing.

begins: the first stanza begins here

Where the Mountain Breathes

Walk slowly. The mountain is speaking, but not in a hurry.

begins: the gate to the spring

Abner's Joke

You came for the wrong reason. That's the punchline.

begins: corner where the lie begins

Bank it

Where the witches meet their friends

begins: Where the buck stops

The Hawthorne Triangle

secondhand stories, a marquee, and a single scoop

begins: Buffalo Exchange — corner of 37th & Hawthorne

Pipeline

a quick test of the loop

Bridgetown Verses

four short poems. four corners of a crossing.

begins: west end of Burnside Bridge

Where the River Remembers

the river is older than the bridges. listen.

begins: Salmon Street Springs, west bank

The Saturday Market Specter

someone left something here a long time ago. find it. wink back.

begins: under the Burnside Bridge, north side