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A sappy love song

Posted on May 10th, 2006 by OrganicAthlete : Exercise Your Power OrganicAthlete

Since I'm in Texas, I decided to write a love song today as the last installment of my 7-day poetry/training project .  This doesn't have much to do with exercising, other than the fact that... More »

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Tucson to Fort Stockton

Posted on May 9th, 2006 by OrganicAthlete : Exercise Your Power OrganicAthlete

I must shut my eyes, though I am not blind    from smoke of indifference at every rest stop. I must rest my legs, so they will be ready    for the miles we have... More »

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Date with the Desert

Posted on May 8th, 2006 by OrganicAthlete : Exercise Your Power OrganicAthlete

I gave a talk tonight in Tucson: Why eat plants for a healthy way Lost sleep and energy all gone, so I rest today.

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Lebec Oaks

Posted on May 7th, 2006 by OrganicAthlete : Exercise Your Power OrganicAthlete

This is where I ran today within a mile of a freeway. In just under an hour, I changed my mood that was sour. Other thoughts on the day: I traveled almost 500 miles today. ... More »

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Pollen

Posted on May 6th, 2006 by OrganicAthlete : Exercise Your Power OrganicAthlete

Pollen spreads far in one hour, And so much here to bug -- Agitation calmed by a hug and fartlek for 40 minutes.

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Rest Day

Posted on May 5th, 2006 by OrganicAthlete : Exercise Your Power OrganicAthlete

Hold your line. Close the gap. Enjoy the ride. Eat your leafy greens. This is actually an email from my friend, beautiful man, and 508 teammate Tom , but it's 4 lines. And it's a... More »

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What a Joy Road

Posted on May 4th, 2006 by OrganicAthlete : Exercise Your Power OrganicAthlete

[My assignment for the next week - write 1 4-line poem for my day's training journal] The road winds in and out of clouds of fertile pollen. I'm breathing hard and soft for two hours.... More »

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Vandana Shiva

Posted on Apr 28th, 2006 by OrganicAthlete : Exercise Your Power OrganicAthlete

I listened to an IndyBay podcast of a Vandana Shiva talk this afternoon.  I love her.  In her honor here's an as yet untitled poem I wrote last year: This tomato I'm eating has writer's... More »

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Afterwards

Posted on Apr 26th, 2006 by OrganicAthlete : Exercise Your Power OrganicAthlete

After a moment of passionate fury our clothes strewn across the floor. A button now missing from your blouse. Us in bed, not bothered to take off our socks. The sheet wrapped around us like... More »

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Taste of Pomegranates

Posted on Apr 21st, 2006 by OrganicAthlete : Exercise Your Power OrganicAthlete

I say I'm a poet in my profile, so I guess I should offer up some poetry now and then.  This was a poem I wrote that recently got an honorable mention in a local... More »

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