Who I am.

I write about the landscape of grief, nature, and the wisdom of fools. The author of four books, my essays, poems, and reviews have been published in over 50 journals, including in the Huffington Post and Colorado Review. I’ve won the River Teeth Nonfiction Book Award, the Chautauqua and Literal Latte’s essay prizes, and my work has been nominated for four Pushcart Prizes and named a notable by Best American Essays. My account of hiking in Yosemite to deal with my wife’s death, Mountains of Light, was published by the University of Nebraska Press. http://www.markliebenow.com.

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Ashes


Journal entry 31

The cones of the Giant Sequoia won’t open until the trauma of a forest fire sweeps through, burning away the underlying bushes and small trees. The seeds fall into the blackened earth, germinate, and grow from the ashes. 
Out of the destruction of the old, new life rises.

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