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January/February 2006

 

POETRY
The Zen of Mountain Driving

BY CHRISTINA LOVIN

 

Don't brake. Accelerate
through the curves. Press hard
into the steering
wheel with the outside
arm. Relax the inside
grip. Forget the road.
Lean into the arc and eye
the solid line. Unbroken,
let it carry you
around the dark mountain
and safely down.



Christina Lovin, of Corbin, Ky., teaches at Bluegrass Community and Technical College. Her poetry is included in the new anthology Missing Mountains: We Went to the Mountaintop But it Wasn't There.
 

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