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Poetry | Reflections by Gavin

A field of Queen Anne's Lace. (Photo by Delia Bell)

Poetry | Biennial Beauty, Black Holes & Insomnia

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Poetry | Yggdrasil…Turning green…the voice

Blooming native bluebells (Mertensia boraginaceae) return to the Root River valley every spring. (Photo by Nancy North)

Poetry | Wandering into Spring

The author fly fishing on the Root River. (Submitted photo)

Poetry | An Ode…A Shiver…A Loon

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Poetry | Those Darn Feelings

(Submitted photo)

Poetry | Welcome Winter

(Photos by Andy Lowe)

Poetry | Emerging

A poem inspired by an image is called an Ekphrasis poem. This photo inspired the poem Double Vision. The photo was taken in September 1987 – “the corn still standing, with fall color (and gravel dust) in the distance.” The barn has since been torn down, but the rainbow door was saved. (Photo by Berta Aug)

Poetry | Double Vision & More

PHOTO 4 Root R. trail end west of Preston

Poetry | From Sputnik to Eden

Poet and artist Delia Bell (Submitted photo)

Poetry | Summer Haiku & Mid July Greens

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Poetry | From a Homesteader’s Journal

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