Poetry of the Wild

Poetry of the Wild

Poetry of the Wild  uses a unique presentation of “poetry boxes” that combine art and poetry to get people out walking and engaging with their local landscapes.  The artist,  Ana Flores created the first Poetry of the Wild in 2003 for the Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association in Southern Rhode Island.  Since that first project, Poetry of the Wild has traveled to many new geographies, from urban to rural, from New England to Colorado. In 2012 it went overseas for the first time to Dartington, England. The sustainable, flexible template continues to encourage many levels of meaningful community participation. The “boxes” have taken many shapes, including public sculptures, and the prose featured has included well known poets as well as community writers from age 9 to 90.