Lucien Darjeun Meadows
Lucien Darjeun Meadows was born in Virginia and raised in West Virginia to a family of English, German, and Cherokee descent. He has received fellowships and awards from the Academy of American Poets, American Alliance of Museums, and National Association for Interpretation. Past Shenandoah contributor and the author of In the Hands of the River (Hub City Press, 2022), Lucien is currently a PhD candidate, volunteer ranger assistant, and ultramarathon runner in northern Colorado.
Reading List
Mile 11—
Leaving Michigan Ditch Aid Steller’s jay calling shook shook shook high in the ponderosa pine, runners ahead climbing the long rock-washed hill like smoke from a mine. There is no mine, here. Sixteen hours from now my knees will fill with stars, but there is only this hill, here, now, this breath coming more jagged […]
Late September in the Garden
I lower my head to their stems. Sometimes I ask questions I did not know I had. Sometimes they ask. I listen. I watch them Open broad green leaves that follow the sun And blossom a drop of water to say Yes, the day was good—the sun bright, soil Wet enough. I stand beside them, […]
Posts
Erasure and Voice in Ultrarunning: On “Mile 11—”
Lucien Darjeun Meadows considers ultrarunner’s relationships to the trails in an essay on his poem, “Mile 11—”