original poetry

two men in front of audience

Folks Behind Our Stories

photo of a laptop with view of Root River Current homepage

POETRY | Root River Current Tribute 

A musician wearing glasses and a plaid shirt plays an acoustic guitar on stage inside a warm, wood-paneled venue. He faces an audience of older adults seated at small tables, listening closely under soft string lights.

Celebrating Creativity!

Author Ken McCullough (submitted photo)

Poetry | Missing Those Who Left Us

A eagle stretches its wings out as it takes off and flies away from the camera across a gravel driveway. The bird flies about two feet off the ground and its shadow is beneath in on the gravel.

Poetry | Three Haiku for Summer

A book cover with a closeup image of wood planks showing the grain. One end grain looks like a five-petaled flower. The words on the cover are in a grainy type of red and white and say "A Good Sauna Always Burns Down".

Poetry | Finnish-American Heritage Reflected in New Collection

man looking at gathered people in community setting

Root River Diary | An Extraordinary Kindness

Cover art from a book of fiction by Emilio DeGrazia. (submitted photo)

Poetry | Junk Love and Other Poems

photo of lady slipper flowers

Poetry | “Love…” In Springtime

An old fashioned metal windmill stands above a field against a sky of pink and blue clouds at sunset

Poetry | Clouds Awakening

(Photo submitted by Jeff Gorfine)

Poetry | A Tanka and Two Haiku

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