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Issue #19 Mary Jane ski area, Colorado, February 11-12, 2002.
Haiku: Jonathan Machen, Steve Mechels. Photos and layout: Jonathan Machen
to gracefully ski
demands one hundred percent
of your attention
one close encounter
with an anonymous tree
barely avoided
having but no choice
than to think of the next turn,
he fully commits
thirty-eight candles
we arranged for his birthday
on top of the cake
knees take a beating
quadriceps collapsing
its the skihill dance
sweating like a pig
tom and i ski the trees
the air is so cold
anchor steam tastes fine
driving home, jerry grooving
beautiful mountains
unexpected call
diverts his attention
from slope to cell phone
i am a needle
pulled by invisible thread
skiing through the trees
this mountain temple
are not the chairlifts blessed
and the slopes divine?
he lays a wager
that i was thinking of her
no, it was my hat
fewer resources
are needed to run the chair
than to drive up here
we make arrangements
to be in a place where there are
no arrangements
tom likes the moguls
and jonathan likes the trees
steve could do either
instead of thinking
i am forced to just adapt
to this huge mogul
it could be so good:
irrational rationale
avalanche terrain
to gracefully ski
demands one hundred percent
of your attention
one close encounter
with an anonymous tree
barely avoided
having but no choice
than to think of the next turn,
he fully commits
thirty-eight candles
we arranged for his birthday
on top of the cake
knees take a beating
quadriceps collapsing
its the skihill dance
sweating like a pig
tom and i ski the trees
the air is so cold
anchor steam tastes fine
driving home, jerry grooving
beautiful mountains
unexpected call
diverts his attention
from slope to cell phone
i am a needle
pulled by invisible thread
skiing through the trees
this mountain temple
are not the chairlifts blessed
and the slopes divine?
he lays a wager
that i was thinking of her
no, it was my hat
fewer resources
are needed to run the chair
than to drive up here
we make arrangements
to be in a place where there are
no arrangements
tom likes the moguls
and jonathan likes the trees
steve could do either
instead of thinking
i am forced to just adapt
to this huge mogul
it could be so good:
irrational rationale
avalanche terrain
solo/group kukai
drawing/writing/photography
jonathan machen
drawing/writing/photography
jonathan machen