Landward

Poet Susan Twiggs uses the form of the "little villain", the villanelle, to portray an expert angler.

In the poem JULY 4TH ON LITTLE SISSABAGAMA by Jeffrey Johannes, being on the lake in a canoe holds as much richness as the fireworks. For Phyllis Wax, the lake itself becomes a celebration in her poem NEAR THE LAKE.

Poet Wendy Vardaman responds to the art installation of hundreds of homing pigeons representing world languages and the grounds of Write on, Door County in HOW TO HANG AN INSTALLATION.

In PUMPKINVINE ROAD CIRCA 1960 poet Christy L. Schwan maps place with the finest details of riding a bike and knowing all the holes in a road, with destination to corner store in summer to its welcoming freezer treats.

The poet’s wonderful mind sees giraffes’ relationship to ferns in Sandy Stark’s poem A POET AND A SCIENTIST TAKE A WALK and Jim Landwehr considers Lake Michigan the littler — and friendlier — sister of Lake Superior in his poem SUPERIOR SISTER.

Wisconsin’s tallgrass prairies are so alive and full of sound in summer. Margaret Rozga considers this in her poem WALKING THE PRAIRIE. Catherine Young shares her poem JUNE IN BUDDY’S PRAIRIE capturing the blue of June in the Faville Grove Sanctuary. Her poem was written for the Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance.

In her acrostic poem TWO WHEELS AND A VIEW ACROSTIC ON THE GLACIAL DRUMLIN TRAIL Nancy Jorgensen uses the letters naming the trail to go on a poetic and imaginative railroad journey.

If you fish for trout are you a trout fisherman? That’s the question Jim Landwehr poses in his poem TROUT FISHING IN THE DRIFTLESS AREA.

Have you ever considered just how much food is produced in Wisconsin and how good it is? Poet Nancy Austin gives us a tour in FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY K CHOLESTROL RUN.

Lisa Vihos portrays one Wisconsin city in her poem A NIGHT IN EAU CLAIRE.