When we were recording the Exploring San Francisco by Cable Car episode we were looking for the perfect ending to the show. We thought it was going to be Fisherman's Wharf, looking out over the bay, Alcatraz in the distance, Pier 39 seals barking in the background ...

 

But then we heard about James Morehead. James is the Poet Laureate of Dublin (California, not Ireland), his muse is San Francisco and it turns out he's actually written a poem about the cable cars. So we phoned him up with a crazy idea - would he be up for reading us his poem, while riding on the actual cable cars themselves?

 

He said yes, we met him on the top of Nob Hill and took a ride down the California Line as he recited us this poem. Unfortunately we didn't have space for the whole piece in the episode but we loved it so much we thought we'd share the full version here instead. 

 

This is James Morehead reciting '9.5mph' while riding the cable cars with us off into the San Francisco sunset. Endings don't get much sweeter than that ...

 

For more information about James' poetry go to ViewlessWings.com

 

James also has his own podcast - The Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast

 

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This show was produced by Armchair Productions, the audio experts for the travel industry. Field recording by Jason Paton.