Since I am a fan of wildness, as well as poetry (well, some of it anyway), I was intrigued by this creative project. I ran across it on the Poets and Writer’s blog .  See what you think.

For ten years ecological artist and sculptor Ana Flores has been bringing “Poetry of the Wild”–a project that combines poetry, visual art, and nature in an effort to connect people to the land around them, to locations both public and wild. Each installation features a box or sculpture, built by artists and community members using recycled materials, that contains an original or classic poem as well as a journal for passersby to contribute reflections of their own.

Here are 4 of the 11 photos on the blog:

Credit – Ana Flores

A Human Error

Lucy Turner, age ten, who contributed an original poem to this year’s Poetry of the Wild installation in Mystic, Connecticut, and her mother, Pam, study a poetry box during this summer’s waterfront installation at the University of Connecticut on Avery Point. Box by artist Susan Schultz; poem, “A Human Error,” by Nancy Willard.

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Credit – Ana Flores

On Meadowbrook Pond

A poetry box by Marnie LaCouture, housing the poem “Roads” by Ruth Bigood, mounted to a tree along the shore of Meadowbrook Pond in Richmond, Rhode Island.

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Credit: Frank Buddingtree

The House

Lily Kane, age nine, prepares to recite her poem “The House,” featured inside a box at Haley Farm Reserve in Groton, Connecticut, part of this summer’s Mystic Arts Center installation. Box by Syma Ebbin and Michael Kane.

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Credit – Ana Flores

Till Sundown

A poetry box built by Ana Flores, featuring a quote by author and environmentalist John Muir, located on the Napatree Point peninsula in Westerly, Rhode Island.

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I want to create one of these in my backyard! (Well, I actually don’t have a yard, just a forest.) I love that children were involved in this project and I also love the John Muir quote.

What about you? Thoughts? Comments? As always, I love hearing from you.

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