March 2017
Robert Walton
dragonlemontree@sbcglobal.net
I taught at San Lorenzo Middle School in King City, California for thirty-six years before retiring in June of 2006. Phyllis, my wife of 42 years, and I still reside in King City.  I am a life-long rock-climber and mountaineer.  I've made numerous ascents in the Sierra Nevada and Yosemite, though my home crags are in Pinnacles National Monument. Many of my climbing stories have been published over the years.  One, Three's a Crowd, was produced as a radio play and broadcast on KUSF in 2006 and later made it onto PBS.  Please visit my website at: http://chaosgatebook.wordpress.com/

Reprise


Her fingers brushed my wrist — 
The inside
Where a man's life
Rarely scars — 
Resting for a heartbeat
On my only patch of rose petal skin,
Stirring that Phoenix within us all,
Still there,
Despite dusty decades.
© 2017 Robert Walton
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