| Broadfork Farm: Trout Lake, Washington Contributor(s): Knoll, Tricia (Author), Salk, Darrell (Photographer), Aveningo Sanders, Shawn (Designed by) |
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ISBN: 0998099945 ISBN-13: 9780998099941 Publisher: Poetry Box OUR PRICE: $11.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Nature | Animals - General |
| Dewey: 811.6 |
| LCCN: 2017944622 |
| Physical Information: 0.16" H x 6" W x 9" (0.25 lbs) 76 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Tricia Knoll is a widely published Oregon poet. Each year she farmsits at Broadfork Farm, a small organic farm in Trout Lake, Washington. These poems herald her love of gardening, her compassion for the fur-covered and feather-clad beings that call the farm home. In a bucolic setting next to the rushing Salmon River and below the glaciers of Mt. Adams, her record of life on the farm affirms both the humor and zest of living as well as the realization that the lives of farm animals are also witness to impermanence. At a time of environmental change, Knoll's poetry weighs the role of the small family-owned farm against the brutal realities of the world beyond the farm. She finds gratitude and stillness in the simple gifts of sun, wind, water, and soil. More Info at http: //broadforkfarm.thepoetrybox.com. |
Contributor Bio(s): Knoll, Tricia: - "Tricia Knoll is an Oregon poet. To her, the Columbia River Gorge is one of the great wonders of the world. She loves crossing the bridge at Hood River, Oregon and heading north to Trout Lake, to Broadfork Farm. For many years, some of her best friends have been creatures with fur or more than two feet. Her education focused on literature - degrees from Stanford University (B.A.) and Yale University (M.A.T.) She has taught high school English, edited a newspaper for school-age children, worked as the Public Relations Director at Portland's Children Museum, and retired as the Public Information Officer at the Portland Water Bureau. She kept poems on scraps of paper in a drawer. Her first day of retirement began with walking a dog and sitting to reread Whitman's Leaves of Grass. That re-ignited her lifelong love of writing and reading poetry. She maintains a daily haiku writing practice and sometimes calls herself an eco-poet. Her poetry appears widely in national and international journals and anthologies. Her chapbook Urban Wild (Finishing Line Press, 2014) explores interactions between humans and wildlife in urban habitat. Ocean's Laughter (Aldrich Press, 2016) takes its title from a line of Pablo Neruda's: Do you not also fear the ocean's laughter? Poetry in Ocean's Laughter focuses on change over time in Manzanita, a small town on Oregon's north coast. Knoll is extremely grateful for the poet-mentors she has studied with and her poet-friends who continue to inspire and encourage her. Website: triciaknoll.com Twitter: @triciaknollwind" |