Ozymandias, Deep Time, How To get the most out of Threads, and the Stone‑Dark Silence of Black Combe

A journey through deep time, human smallness, and the quiet power of landscape. In this episode, Alden explores Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Ozymandias through a geological lens—shifting the focus from fallen empires to the slow, patient forces of sand, wind, and stone. From there, he reads and unpacks his own poem, The Black Combe Outlier, a meditation on isolation, slate geology, and the strange comfort found on a mountain that doesn’t care whether we climb it or not. The episode closes with a practical, candid guide to using Threads as a poet—how to share process instead of promotion, how to build community through conversation, and how to let your digital presence feel like a living chapbook rather than an advert. A blend of poetry, geology, creative life, and modern connection—perfect for listeners who crave both the elemental and the everyday.