Upland forest: sweet gum, redbud, maple, redolent ozone poorly mannered, dew-rimmed and branched through. Tulip poplar floated above. The spine of trail takes us to a green riot weave. Tiny swimming tadpoles in the creek and looking down into them I don’t care what I see except I don’t see harm. The day answers everything […]
Lauren Camp
Lauren Camp is the author of eight poetry collections, most recently In Old Sky (Grand Canyon Conservancy, 2024), which grew out of her experience as Astronomer-in-Residence at Grand Canyon National Park. She served as New Mexico Poet Laureate from 2022-2025. Camp has received a Dorset Prize and finalist citations for the Arab American Book Award and Adrienne Rich Award, and fellowships from the Academy of American Poets and Black Earth Institute. Her poems appear in Kenyon Review, Poem-a-Day, New England Review, and Beloit Poetry Journal. www.laurencamp.com