Catherine reads more poems from her work Geosmin.

"Lichen" decorates the bark like the wrappings on a gift. When I see lichen on branches ready for the woodstove, I wonder about the life still in them.

For some "Late Winter" in Wisconsin is a difficult time. That freeze and thaw is an anxious dance dance that leads us to March. We want the melt, but not all at once!

Catherine reads Geosmin from her collection of the same name.

Geosmin is an ode to the scent of soil.

Catherine reads January Brink from her work Geosmin. "There are people who love summer as a time of gathering, I suppose I like that-but I love snowy outdoors even more. There's something clean and spare about January, and the snow and ices catches the most beautiful light. A graph of daylight throughout the year is represented as a lopsided lemniscate-a figure 8 resting on it's side representing infinity. January on the graph is an edge; a brink." CY

Catherine reads Stone Circle from the collection Geosmin.

From the perspective of geologic time, stone is always in motion. Glass is a slow liquid that pools over time. Stone Circle was inspired by a lively and colorful painting of Castlerigg Stone Circle in Cumbria U.K. where time becomes relative.

Catherine reads Minus Forty from her collection Geosmin

In the deep cold weather there is a garden of growing things made of ice.

Catherine reads Chickadees and Sylvan

Chickadees by Minnesota Poet Laureate Joyce Sutphan, from her collection Carrying Water to the Field and Sylvan (L'homme Vert) from poet Donna Carnes, portraying each of the four season through the eyes of a tree in the imagist style.

Catherine Young reads A Parallelogram from her collection Geosmin

Catherine reads Lost at Sea and At a Loss from Geosmin

Catherine Young reads Lighting the Menorah

Catherine Young reads In The Antique Mall and Art Goes Unbidden