A couple of weeks ago, I was given this assignment in one of Darlene Frank‘s writing classes: Write a poem following the instructions of poem 15 in the worksheets of Wed April 1 2026. 15. Clarissa Pinkola Estés https://www.instagram.com/p/CGXmdK7Bbw_/ How to Write a Poem Climb to the top of the tallest tree. Step onto…
Author: Ed Medley
Ed Medley has been on a random walk for over 50 years. Many scribbles and snapshots at this site are from his vagabond transits; others are from his decades of international experience in geological and geotechnical engineering, academia, and mineral exploration prospecting.
Counting Penguins
I was a dedicated diary writer from 1985 to 1990. I am slowly transcribing about 1000 pages of those scribblings, which include almost two years as a vagabond wandering in Asia, Europe and North America. I was pretty broke much of the time, so I had to take occasional jobs: some were engineering projects, but…
CV as Random Walk
Curriculum Vitae means the “course of one’s life”. Mine has not been a linear course but a random walk – one step in that direction, the next step in another. As I sketch below, the trajectory has been a sometimes tortuous, often aimless path, composed of surprise life lurches with many detours. Curriculum Vitae means the “course…
dirty/rude/silly haikus
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