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Poetic Voices: Jessica Gigot and the Land

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

Pumpkins Jessica Gigot

Poet Jessica Gigot draws inspiration from farming and the land for both her memoir “A Little Bit of Land” and her poetry book “Feeding Hour.”

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Farm Poems, Poems, Poetic Voices, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

By Heart: “Let Evening Come” + New Frost “Stopping by Woods” Challenge

By Megan Willome 21 Comments

Jane Kenyon

The nights are short and sometimes the holidays are hard. Find comfort in this month’s By Heart column, in which we wrap up our memorization of Jane Kenyon’s “Let Evening Come.”

Filed Under: Blog, By Heart, Courage Poems, Farm Poems, Poems, poetry, Poetry for Life

Poets and Poems: James Matthew Wilson and “The Hanging God”

By Glynn Young 8 Comments

Tree in Plain Wilson The Hanging God

The poems of “The Hanging God” by James Matthew Wilson present an irresistible urge, almost a compulsion, to reread them to find new layers of meaning.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Farm Poems, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

Poetry Prompt: The Farm—Endings and Pretending

By Callie Feyen 9 Comments

What endings do we see on a farm in summer?

What poetry can be found in an ending? Can we play pretend long enough to believe? Join Callie Feyen as she writes about disintegrated definitions and why poets make some of the best friends.

Filed Under: Blog, Farm Poems, poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources, writing prompt, writing prompts

Writing Prompt: Play With Your Food

By Callie Feyen 5 Comments

Rainbow Carrots Play With Your Food Writing Prompt

Creative nonfiction writer, Callie Feyen, takes help from poet Tania Runyan to write food poetry. Come along and craft your own poem or story—purple carrots optional!

Filed Under: Blog, Farm Poems, Food Poems, poetry, poetry prompt, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources, writing prompt, writing prompts

Memoir Notebook: Three Summers, Part One: The Seed

By Rick Maxson 14 Comments

Three Summers Part One The Seed golden field

A city boy goes to spend the summer on a farm in rural Ohio, and the experience stays with him into his golden years, still surprising him with the way it reveals plain and not-so-plain truths.

Filed Under: Farm Poems, Memoir Notebook, Patron Only

Poetry Prompt: Find a Farm Skeleton

By Callie Feyen 15 Comments

Creative nonfiction writer, Callie Feyen, takes help from poet Tania Runyan to try to write farm poetry. Come along and craft your own (with or without the talking goat.)

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The Poetry of Farming: “Water at the Roots” by Philip Britts

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

Storm on farm Philip Britts Water at the Roots

“Water in the Roots,” a collection of the writings and poetry of Philip Britts, describes the life, faith, and farming practices of the Bruderhof community.

Filed Under: article, Farm Poems, Poems, poetry, Poetry at Work, poetry reviews, Poets

Indiana Poet Laureate Shari Wagner

By Charity Singleton Craig 5 Comments

Indiana Poet Laureate Shari Wagner

Charity Singleton Craig meets Indiana Poet Laureate Shari Wagner and considers how to make poetry more accessible to more people.

Filed Under: Blog, Farm Poems, Father Poems, Indiana Tour, Poems, poetry

Poetry and Memory: Thomas Lux’s “Child Made of Sand”

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poetry and memory

“Child Made of Sand” is not the poetry of youth; it is the poetry of wisdom and understanding. Glynn Young reviews Thomas Lux’s new collection of poems.

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Poems from the House of Memory – 3

By Glynn Young 5 Comments

Poems from the farm, including Grandma and Grandpa, tin cans, nickels and pie.

Filed Under: Family Poems, Farm Poems, poetry

Poems from the House of Memory – 2

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

“Once, we walked with tin cans to the small dairy for milk.” Thus begins this buttery, poignant poem from the farm, or the heart.

Filed Under: Coffee Poems, Farm Poems, Friendship Poems, poetry

InsideOut: Poems by L.L. Barkat

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

Dream Poems Sunset

A year outside brings us to a year inside. Poems of nature, dreams, sensual love. Divided by seasons, the poems explore the range of human experience.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Dream Poems, Farm Poems, L.L. Barkat, poetry

Louise Gluck’s Poetry: “A Village Life”

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

Farm Poetry

Louise Gluck’s poetry tells simple stories about farm workers, shop owners, the elderly, cats let out at night, teenagers falling in love and more.

Filed Under: Farm Poems, poetry, Poets, Short Poems

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