[pct-l] The Girl Who Goes Alone-poem

[dsaufley]

Wow.  What a fantastic poem, and poet. Thank you!

L-Rod

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From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net] On Behalf Of sandy boyd
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 5:59 PM
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Subject: [pct-l] The Girl Who Goes Alone-poem



 
 
 
 
 Here is a bit of a poem that helps explain why we go out alone... look here for the rest of it...  http://www.hugohouse.org/content/elizabeth-austen-poems   scroll down....
 
 
 quite a long poem....didnt want to cluttter the list. Poem by Elizabeth Austin
 
To be a girl alone in the wilderness is to know 
that if something goes wrong—
you picked the trailhead where the ax murderer lurks 
or the valley of girl-eating gophers—
if you don’t come home unscathed, the mourning 
will be mixed with I-told-you-sos 
from everyone whose idea of camping involves an RV or a Motel 6. 
The message is clear: Girls must be chaperoned. 
So when, at the end of the day, you zip up the tent 
and lie back in your sleeping bag, 
fleece jacket bundled
into a lumpy pillow under your head, the second 
you close your eyes every least night noise is instantly magnified.
 

 


      
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