Horizon by Martin Bridge

Writing the Land: Horizons

This anthology is a collection of conserved lands from across the North American continent. Each of 10 chapters contains poems, photos, and information about actual conserved properties from a land conservation organization. They celebrate the beauty and value of lands of all kinds including forests, parks, farms, homesteads, and rivers. Explore lands you've not yet seen, or re-explore familiar territory through art. Either way, we hope you are inspired.

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This book will be available on 4/16/25—-please stay tuned.

Participating Partners:

Agrarian Trust (Nationwide)

Kittitas Conservation Trust (Washington)

Edmonton & Area Land Trust (Alberta, Canada)

Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance (Wisconsin)

Little Traverse Conservancy (Michigan)

Cold Hollow to Canada (Vermont)

Castle in the Clouds (New Hampshire)

Whittier Birthplace (Massachusetts)

Newtown Forest Association (Connecticut)

Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy (DC)

Praise for Writing the Land

Writing the Land is a vital project that asks through the language of poetry the most important question that faces us in these cataclysmic times: who are we without the land and the more-than-human kin it nourishes, who nourish us in return? Each anthology contains poems that expose the lie of separation between human and nature, and returns us to the reality that even when trapped amongst pavement and concrete, we are but seedlings and genetic cousins to trees, plants, stones, and mycelia. To know ourselves, we must know the land. —Angela Maria Spring, poet, journalist, and owner of Duende District, a pop-up bookstore project for and by people of color, where all are welcome.