This Wild Place: a column for the Telluride Times

…the blog

Joanna Yonder Joanna Yonder

Shepherd

The land belongs solely to itself, and we belong to the land, all of us here beneath the wide-brimmed bowl of sky.

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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