3.31.2025

RIO GRANDE RIDE

Photo: Joshua J. Cotten

I said to the roadrunner well hello hon

     she gave me side-eye     cut a saltarello

in step with my 3-speed     then turned tail to run

     under the shade of a coyote willow

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NOTE: Five minutes from where I live, La Llorona Trail cuts through riparian brush; La Llorona (The Weeping Woman) is a well-known figure in Mexican folklore. The roadrunner—such a comical bird, largest member of the cuckoo family. And yet the roadrunner can be fierce.