Landward Unknown

Wisconfluence is a series of four poems created for the MidWay Atlas, a seven-state Midwest artist project in 2022. WATER MEMORY is the contribution of Madison Poet Laureate Angela Trudell Vasquez.

Wisconfluence is a series of four poems created for the MidWay Atlas, a seven-state Midwest artist collaborative in 2022. WATERWAYS is the contribution of poet Catherine Young.

How can anyone describe the colors of water as it reflects everything in our world? In the two-voiced poem COLOR OF WATER, Catherine Young explores the palette. The poem is from the ecopoetry collection Geosmin published by Water’s Edge Press.

In the poem COMFORTS OF THE SUN by Joyce Sutphen growing up on a farm is a more intimate connection than knowing. The poem is from her collection Carrying Water to the Field.

GIRL ON A TRACTOR by Minnesota Poet Laureate, Joyce Sutphen, is from her collection Carrying Water to the Field.

FIRST WORDS by Minnesota Poet Laureate, Joyce Sutphen, is from her collection Carrying Water to the Field. Sutphen names the first words of the child on a farm and the world that they build.