Lorine Niedecker – Poet of Place
Lorine Niedecker (1903-1970) is a twentieth-century, second-wave, Modern American poet often identified with the Objectivists. Living most of her life on the shores of the Rock River near Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, she is perhaps best known as a poet of place who wrote about the Blackhawk Island that she loved. Her work, however, ranges from modernist folk poetry (NEW GOOSE, 1946) to haiku-like forms to long poems like “Lake Superior” and “Wintergreen Ridge” (NORTH CENTRAL, 1968). She is admired for the subtlety of her tightly crafted, nuanced and deliciously ironic poems, as well as for her total devotion to her calling. More…
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Follow-up to Hear the Solitary Plover
Dear Friends - My apologies for the technological problems for last night's Hear the Solitary Plover poetry reading. I know that the livestream did not stream (even though Zoom said it was) so remote viewers were unable to attend. To top it off, even though Zoom was...
Hear The Solitary Plover: A Poetry Reading
Tuesday, April 26 at 6:30 p.m. The Friends of Lorine Niedecker and the Dwight Foster Public Library invite you to celebrate National Poetry Month with this special poetry event. The poets published in the Winter 2022 issue of “The Solitary Plover” will join us...
New Niedecker Poetry Mural in Fort Atkinson
South Water Street W Poetry Art Mural In October 2021 the third poetry wall installation was completed on the north side of the current Hometown Pharmacy building on the corner of South Main Streetand South Water Street W. This piece was also designed and created by...
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