This Wild Place: a column for the Telluride Times

…the blog

Joanna Yonder Joanna Yonder

Dauntless

No one gave permission

to the last mushroom of the season

to be this plucky,

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Joanna Yonder Joanna Yonder

Fealty

I pledge allegiance to the rivershed of San Miguel,

and to the undersurface of mycelial network upon which we stand,

our aspen roots and minerals and water…

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Poetry

Personalized poems written one-on-one…for hundreds of humans.
Performing at cowboy poetry festivals.
Helping youth find their voices through poetic writing practice.
Celebrating, through written and spoken word, the rural West in all its ecology, community, glory and grief.

Poetry has been a powerful catalyst for me. Here’s more about my 3.5 year tenure as a poet laureate and beyond:

poetic portfolio coming soon!

Selected Press and Publications