Will Falk’s Life-Centered Writing

Colorado River Dispatches 5-7

Colorado River Dispatches 5-7

Nov 30, 2017 | Colorado River, Essays, Poetry

Colorado River Dispatch #5 (November 17, 2017): The River’s Ghost Tuesday, I stood on the steps of the Alfred A. Arraj Federal Courthouse in Denver before a crowd gathered to hear my thoughts as one of the “next friends” in our lawsuit seeking personhood for the...
Colorado River Dispatches 1-4

Colorado River Dispatches 1-4

Nov 10, 2017 | Colorado River, Essays, Poetry

#1 What Does the Colorado River Need? (October 25, 2017): When I agreed to serve as a “next friend” to the Colorado River in a first-ever federal lawsuit seeking personhood and rights of nature for the river, I agreed to represent the river’s interests in court. On a...
Listening to The Land Saves My Life

Listening to The Land Saves My Life

Nov 16, 2016 | Essays, Poetry

This first appeared on Jason Howell’s Howlarium. Special thanks to Jason for his graphics.  from Jason: “Where it’s not uncommon for contemporary writers to root their work in mining—lived experience, the depth of the canon, the cultural moment,...
Waking in Park City (Spring ’16)

Waking in Park City (Spring ’16)

Jun 20, 2016 | Poetry

I. Late April, when winter gives in, snow turns to rain, and the cutting begins. In ancient aspen groves, chained teeth bite through branches. The sound of saws feeding is a harsh song, but beyond the wailing are screams far older than steel. The spray of orange...
The Only Music Possible

The Only Music Possible

Mar 1, 2016 | Poetry

the voice of a man who cannot speak speaking a dry throat that remains dry even when watered with whiskey the compulsion only stirs the sounds of shadows sliding over gravel moonlight shuffling in the sand spirits shaking snow from sage he seeks to match the treespeak...