Catherine reads "Panoramic" from her poetry collection Geosmin and describes a lifetime as a landscape.

Catherine reads two poems from her poetry collection Geosmin. "Compost" and "Revolution" are two views of the cycle of life on a farm.

Catherine reads "Volute" from the poetry collection Geosmin. In it a fossil tells people how everything in the world curls-whether we can see it or not.

Originally airing December 9, 2021

Catherine reads "In Dark Times We Gather Light" from her poetry collection Geosmin. The poem is a hybrid about bees and nuns, darkness and light and the ceremonial process of St. Lucia day on December 13th as well as spring's promise of renewal.

Originally airing October 21, 2021

Catherine reads 2 poems to celebrate October, Barbara Crooker's "And Now It's October" and Genevieve Taggart's "The Vast Hour".

Originally airing October 14, 2021

"The Crystalline Bed of St. Peter, Part ll" by Catherine Young

Smitten with layers of limestone and sandstone that line these Wisconsin hills, these loveliest of golden layer cakes, how does one person dwelling in the Driftless Area protect the land and waters?

Originally Airing October 7 2021

Catherine reads- "The Crystalline Bed of St. Peter Part l"

Smitten with the layers of limestone and sandstone that line these Wisconsin hill, these loveliest of golden layer cakes, how does one person dwelling in the Driftless Area protect the land and waters?

Catherine reads "Women Tending" from her work Geosmin

Women Tending moves through time and is told in 3 voices. From women tending house and home; the women making bricks and pottery for home; the women who make art-those women who tend towards what callus to create. The poem celebrates the gifts women have given to the world throughout history in March- Women's History Month.

Catherine reads "Aubade for the Never-Ending Flow of Milk" from Geosmin.

An aubade is a poem that is written for dawn, a poem that greets the morning, lamenting the end of night when lovers must part. On a farm, audbade can take quite a different meaning after a long night tending the birth of livestock and readying for the day.

Catherine reads "In February" and "Maple Syruping" from her collection Geosmin.

2 poems for the spring season of change and the sweetness we crave.