In between talks about 4000s by 40, I’ve started work on my next book. The writing process feels different this time, but some things are surprisingly the same. One thing I didn’t expect? Recording audio notes again. Since 4000s by 40 was an active adventure about hiking, I recorded a lot of notes while climbing…
Author: Matt Larson
With my first book, 4000s by 40, released this fall, I am fulfilling a lifelong dream of writing, and am excited to continue the journey of storytelling with future projects—so much so that the day after I published 4000s by 40, I began my next work.
Much of my inspiration comes from nature. My early love for the ocean, found on the South Shore of Massachusetts, has transitioned into a deep passion for the mountains here in New Hampshire, and I wanted to share that with my first book.
If you’d like to connect or have any inquiries, you can reach out to me at [email protected]. I’m also on Instagram and Facebook at wanderingmatt8. Happy reading!
At the River
At the river, I found
the movement I couldn’t see in life.
The sounds and rhythm of a flow
that moves forward without losing its depth,
and sings against the rock and dirt,
regarding them, not as obstructions
but as parts needed to make the music.
Drawing in a long breath,
I imagined the drive home,
and the great sweeping river.
It was then that I decided to concern myself
not with the erosion of soil
or diminishing depths,
but the tunes that are played
until the river is dry.
The Covered Bridge
I found myself on a road last night,
one I never planned to be,
and I cursed the drive, as is my right,
for the time it took from me.
I wanted to speed, to transcend space
blast past these twists of the earth,
and give this fevered want to erase
a moment to prove its worth.
But then I saw it—the covered bridge—
a relic from long before.
Entranced, I laid off the gas a smidge
until I could slow no more.
Steps: A Collection of Haikus
This small collection of haikus, inspired by nature, captures some beautiful moments I experienced “out there.” Haiku, for me, is a quick meditation on the time and place you’re in, and is about feeling present—remarkably so—in that one tiny sliver of the space-time continuum.