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Terrain.org is the world's first online literary journal of place. An award-winning environmental magazine, we publish poetry, nonfiction, fiction, artwork, editorials, interviews, reviews, community case studies, and more, all free to access + ad-free.
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Terrain.org @terrainorg.bsky.social · 1d
In her Letter to America poem "Praise song" (with audio), Claire Hermann sings alleluia to the events of the day, finding (or rather, making) rare joy.

https://www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/letter-to-america-hermann/

#poem #poet #lettertoamerica #praise #song #joy
Letter to America by Claire Hermann - Terrain.org
In her Letter to America poem “Praise song” (with audio), Claire Hermann sings alleluia to the events of the day, finding (or rather, making) rare joy.
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Terrain.org @terrainorg.bsky.social · 5d
"Their orders were gruff and strong and enforceable: Go, they said. Now, they said." And so they did, in Holli Cederholm's delightful short short story.

https://www.terrain.org/2025/fiction/go-they-said/

#story #fiction #shortstory #girls #mud #play
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“Their orders were gruff and strong and enforceable: Go, they said. Now, they said.” And so they did, in Holli Cederholm’s delightful short short story.
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Terrain.org @terrainorg.bsky.social · 6d
Step away from the chaos of the day with Philip Terman's lovely poem (with audio), "A Poetry as Perfect as a June Evening."

https://www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/philip-terman-2/

#poem #poet #poetry #evening #field #lovely #peace #peaceful
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Step away from the chaos of the day with Philip Terman’s lovely poem (with audio), “A Poetry as Perfect as a June Evening.”
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Terrain.org @terrainorg.bsky.social · 8d
Charles H. Lynch's "RICE   COTTON   TOBACCO   CANE" is a powerful, and powerfully hypnotic, political poem, with audio. Don't miss this one.

https://www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/charles-h-lynch/

#poem #poetry #poet #rice #cotton #tobacco #cane
One Poem by Charles H. Lynch - Terrain.org
Charles H. Lynch’s “RICE COTTON TOBACCO CANE” is a powerful, and powerfully hypnotic, political poem, with audio.
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Terrain.org @terrainorg.bsky.social · 11d
Our newest Letter to America is Ohlone-Costanoan Esselen Nation member Deborah A. Miranda's "Cento for an American Monarchy"

https://www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/letter-to-america-miranda/

#poetry #poet #lettertoamerica #politicalpoetry #cento
Letter to America by Deborah A. Miranda - Terrain.org
Our newest Letter to America is Ohlone-Costanoan Esselen Nation member Deborah A. Miranda’s “Cento for an American Monarchy”
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Terrain.org @terrainorg.bsky.social · 12d
Jeremy Graves reviews John Shoptaw's Near-Earth Object, which "should be read by everyone who loves poetry and the earth it speaks for."

https://www.terrain.org/2025/reviews-reads/near-earth-object/

#review #poetry #ecopoetry #reviews #hope #language #despair
Rooted in Wonder: A Review of John Shoptaw’s Near-Earth Object - Terrain.org
B.J. Hollars reviews Simmons Buntin’s Satellite: Essays of Fatherhood and Home, Near and Far, finding that the “essays contain big ideas in small packages.”
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Terrain.org @terrainorg.bsky.social · 14d
Two stunning poems, with audio, by United Kingdom poet Naomi Madlock: "Goblin Combe" and "Top Secret". Don't miss these beauties.

https://www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/naomi-madlock/

#deer #pain #panic #injury #butterflies #seasons #poet #poetry #poems
Two Poems by Naomi Madlock - Terrain.org
Two stunning poems, with audio, by United Kingdom poet Naomi Madlock: “Goblin Combe” and “Top Secret”. Don’t miss these beauties.
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Terrain.org @terrainorg.bsky.social · 15d
"In the Circle of Time," a guest editorial by Cameron Walker, she explores transformation in art, landscape and her new short story collection, How to Capture Carbon.

https://www.terrain.org/2025/currents/the-circle-of-time/

#editorial #change
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“In the Circle of Time,” a guest editorial by Cameron Walker, she explores transformation in art, landscape and her new short story collection.
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Terrain.org @terrainorg.bsky.social · 19d
Don't miss this beautiful poem, with audio, by Michelle Bitting: "The Grain of Gold Waving in the Sun."

https://www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/michelle-bitting/

#poem #poetry #poet #gardening #gardener #light #sunlight #sun #beauty #body
One Poem by Michelle Bitting - Terrain.org
Don’t miss this beautiful poem, with audio, by Michelle Bitting: “The Grain of Gold Waving in the Sun.”
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Terrain.org @terrainorg.bsky.social · 21d
Our newest Letter to America is Jill McCabe Johnson's "Scientists Confirm Hope Takes Practice," a cento comprised of titles.

https://www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/letter-to-america-jm-johnson/

#poem #poet #poetry #cento #lettertoamerica #coast #sky #hope #scientists
Letter to America by Jill McCabe Johnson - Terrain.org
Our newest Letter to America is Jill McCabe Johnson’s “Scientists Confirm Hope Takes Practice,” a cento comprised of titles.
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Terrain.org @terrainorg.bsky.social · 22d
Rob Carney's latest in the "Old Roads, New Stories" begins with five questions but reaches back to his childhood, to Brian Doyle, and more. Another beauty here.

https://www.terrain.org/2025/currents/coastline-or-river-why/

#questions #teaching #autumn #football
Coastline or River? Why? - Terrain.org
Rob Carney’s latest in the “Old Roads, New Stories” begins with five questions but reaches back to his childhood, to Brian Doyle, and more.
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Terrain.org @terrainorg.bsky.social · 26d
Nine brief, insightful, and delightful new poems by acclaimed poet Andrea Cohen, with audio.

https://www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/andrea-cohen-5/

#poet #poetry #poems
Nine Short Poems by Andrea Cohen - Terrain.org
Nine brief, insightful, and delightful new poems by acclaimed poet Andrea Cohen, with audio.
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Terrain.org @terrainorg.bsky.social · 27d
What if you don't choose to be a muse? What if the thing you're a muse for disturbs you? Jennifer Bannan's story "Muse" asks these questions and more.

https://www.terrain.org/2025/fiction/muse/

#story #shortstory #everglades #muse #whatif
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What if you don’t choose to be a muse? What if the thing you’re a muse for disturbs you? Jennifer Bannan’s story “Muse” asks these questions and more.
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Terrain.org @terrainorg.bsky.social · 28d
Three stellar, innovative poems by Grace Matthews: "Boundary St.," "Misalignment," and "Portrait of a Woman by Google."

https://www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/grace-mathews/

#poems #poet #poetry #city #losangeles #traffic #women #marketing #google
Three Poems by Grace Mathews - Terrain.org
Three stellar, innovative poems by Grace Matthews: “Boundary St.,” “Misalignment,” and “Portrait of a Woman by Google.”
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Terrain.org @terrainorg.bsky.social · Sep 11
Sholeh Wolpé, whose translation of Attar's The Invisible Sun is now available, on why the 12th-century Iranian Sufi mystic poet's wisdom is so necessary today.

https://www.terrain.org/2025/currents/the-invisible-sun/

#attar #editorial #newbook
The Invisible Sun: Mystic Wisdom for a Planet in Crisis - Terrain.org
Sholeh Wolpé, whose translation of Attar’s The Invisible Sun is now available, on why the 12th-century Iranian Sufi mystic poet’s wisdom is so necessary today.
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Terrain.org @terrainorg.bsky.social · Sep 9
Letter to America: Author and Floridian Andrew Furman on what Henry David Thoreau would do in light of "Alligator Alcatraz".

https://www.terrain.org/2025/currents/letter-to-america-furman/

#lettertoamerica #everglades #thoreau #immigration #prison
What Would Thoreau Do? - Terrain.org
Letter to America: Author and Floridian Andrew Furman on what Henry David Thoreau would do in light of “Alligator Alcatraz”.
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Terrain.org @terrainorg.bsky.social · Sep 2
B.J. Hollars reviews Simmons Buntin's Satellite: Essays of Fatherhood and Home, Near and Far, finding that the "essays contain big ideas in small packages."

https://www.terrain.org/2025/reviews-reads/satellite/

#review #essays #fatherhood #place #community
Making a Home in the World - Terrain.org
B.J. Hollars reviews Simmons Buntin’s Satellite: Essays of Fatherhood and Home, Near and Far, finding that the “essays contain big ideas in small packages.”
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Terrain.org @terrainorg.bsky.social · Sep 1
Matthew E. Henry (MEH) returns with a new Letter to America: "watching a production of The Tempest after a colleague asked about my relationship with white women".

https://www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/letter-to-america-henry-2/

#poetry #poem #politicalpoetry #race
Letter to America by Matthew E. Henry - Terrain.org
Matthew E. Henry (MEH) returns with a new Letter to America: “watching a production of The Tempest after a colleague asked about my relationship with white women”.
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The Sowell Family Collection in Literature Community & Nature @sowellcollection.bsky.social · Aug 26
It's the start of the Fall Semester and our Fall 2025 Virtual Reading Series!! First up is Simmons Buntin from @terrainorg.bsky.social, reading on Sept 18 @ 6pm CT.
Register here: texastech.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#sowellcollection #Fall2025VirtualReadingSeries #virtualreading #writers #archives
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Terrain.org @terrainorg.bsky.social · Aug 27
Michael Harper's "The Night Amos Went to Jail" mixes urban youth with rural hertitage in a fast-paced short story not to be missed.

https://www.terrain.org/2025/fiction/the-night-amos-went-to-jail/

#youth #urban #amish #drugs #chaos #party #destruction #alcohol #horse
The Night Amos Went to Jail - Terrain.org
Michael Harper’s “The Night Amos Went to Jail” mixes urban youth with rural hertitage in a fast-paced short story not to be missed.
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Terrain.org @terrainorg.bsky.social · Aug 26
Bethany Schultz Hurst's second Letter to America poem reflects on the recent loss of the Grand Canyon Lodge to wildfire.

https://www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/letter-to-america-hurst/

#grandcanyon #grandcanyonlodge #fire #wildfire #memory #mother
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Bethany Schultz Hurst’s second Letter to America poem reflects on the recent loss of the Grand Canyon Lodge to wildfire.
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Terrain.org @terrainorg.bsky.social · Aug 25
Rob Carney's latest in the "Old Roads, New Stories" series may well be his shortest--but what a moment with that hummingbird!

https://www.terrain.org/2025/old-roads-new-stories/during-hummingbird-season/

#birds #hummingbird #hummingbirds #watering #lawn #rain #moment #connection
During Hummingbird Season - Terrain.org
Rob Carney’s latest in the “Old Roads, New Stories” series may well be his shortest--but what a moment with that hummingbird!
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Carly Berwick @cberwick.bsky.social · Jun 12
So excited to publish this with @terrainorg.bsky.social. I wrote the first draft about six years and two administrations ago but glacial melt and misunderstood antifa seem to still be timely.
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Terrain.org @terrainorg.bsky.social · Jun 12
"Something more than we anticipated is coming with the melt. What I know about it, what Len knows, starts with the minks," writes Carly Berwick in this terrific story that is "Sea Minks."

https://www.terrain.org/2025/fiction/sea-minks/

#fiction #melt
Sea Minks - Terrain.org
“Something more than we anticipated is coming with the melt. What I know about it, what Len knows, starts with the minks,” writes Carly Berwick in this terrific story that is “Sea Minks.”
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Melissa Sevigny @melissasevigny.bsky.social · Jul 22
For your weekend reading, this beautiful interview with artist and chef Anne Flash about the shift in her work from pastoral beachscapes into what she calls "full tilt into the storm and imbalance." 🌎 #art #climatechange @terrainorg.bsky.social www.terrain.org/2025/intervi...
The Primacy of Water: An Interview with Anne Flash - Terrain.org
The Primacy of Water: Jim Ross interviews Cape Cod acclaimed artist and chef Anne Flash.
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Grant Clauser @grantclauser.bsky.social · Aug 1
I hope you enjoy my new poem featured in @terrainorg.bsky.social. It's loaded with mushrooms, slugs, butterflies, and orcas. www.terrain.org/2025/poetry/...
One Poem by Grant Clauser - Terrain.org
Grant Clauser's ecopoem "Slugs Have Teeth, and Other Useless Facts" (with audio) may, like the poet himself, keep you up worrying at night.
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