Poetry of the Wild has been evolving and adapting to the new world we find ourselves in. This coming Spring, in April of 2022, a new permanent installation of Poetry of the Wild will happen on the grounds of the Lyman Allyn Museum. The three new boxes will feature the voices of three prominent poets …
This summer I had the opportunity to do two projects that were exceptions to the community orchestrations which usually characterize Poetry of the Wild. After installing an ambitious project in Newport, Rhode Island with many partners and participants I changed gears and began work on two quieter projects that were done as unique commissions. One …
Place: Jiwar Residency, Barcelona Spain Challenge: To build a poetry box in one week for Barcelona, . Bring no tools, or materials, Notes from Day 5, . Old shoe box for 5 Euros found at big flea market. Tools are being provided by neighborhood studio that builds communal decorations for the August celebrations in the neighborhood.
On May 6th we did our poetry walk and launched POW/Newport. We had had rain for several days but at 12:45, 15 minutes before our walk the rains paused for several hours. Here’s the link to the map: salve.edu/poetry-of-wild. Hope you’ll take time to take a walk, and respond in the journals. They are up …
A new year and a new project begins, Poetry of the Wild goes to Newport Rhode Island this spring and summer. The first public presentation for Poetry of the Wild/Newport is scheduled for Jan. 26th at 6 pm at the Newport Public Library in Newport, RI. The project is sponsored by Salve Regina University but …
In my role as community catalyst and coordinator I rarely have the time and distance to reflect on the many threads that the human and natural history tapestries woven during a Poetry of the Wild community project have. At the beginning of this new year, a fine and expansive article on Poetry of the Wild …
My work in communities as a visiting artist is seasonal. The projects only stay up for three months or so, passing like the bloom of a garden. But I believe the projects’ spirit stays with the place and participants in other ways. Just this last month two communities: St Louis, Missouri, and Tubac, Arizona, where …
I’ve just recently returned from the borderlands between Arizona and Mexico, a place of great drama, beauty, and epic history. The Tubac Center for the Arts is the sponsor but many partners are involved. I’m working with a remarkably talented and enthused community in Tubac and poets in Green Valley, Arizona. The Poetry of the Wild …
On May 3rd and 4th we had two poetry walks in St Louis, each marking a trail of poetry boxes that are installed in the city until August 2nd. The poetry walk became public performance as the poems were shared out loud, with the poets reading their own work and the audience responding and moving …