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National Poetry Month (22/30): Into Thin Air in 5-7-5

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster by Jon Krakauer

Books about climbers
Are riveting and also
Make me roll my eyes.

(YOU PEOPLE ARE CRAZY!

(Participate in National Poetry Month! Add your own haiku in the comments, and I’ll post my favorite reader contributions in May!)

Tags: Poetry

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2 Responses to “National Poetry Month (22/30): Into Thin Air in 5-7-5”

RogerBW Says:
April 23, 2012 at 7:57 pm | Reply
Touching the Void, too:
Laughing in the face of death
Beats other options.
- Liz Says:
  April 24, 2012 at 3:00 pm | Reply
  Very insightful!
  I think you make a good point:
  Don’t run from your fears
  
  (Meg, what do you think? Could that be part of the appeal?)

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