Chronicling Interesting Boulders – Postcard #55

2008 August 27

tags: beat, boulders, lynn valley, mexico, poetry, sea shanties, spontaneous

by Dave O

Alongside roaring Lynn Creek, Dave recounts a collection of interesting boulders and offers freeverse about his bookshelf, the sea, Mexican painting trips, tranquility, graceful curves and clouds while Wm. Lenker picks and sings the Appalachian folksong, Moonshiner.

Go for a hike for Chronicling Interesting Boulders – Postcard #55 (.mp3, 15:08, 14MB)

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