I like taking photos out of airplane windows because it feels like the world is in a fishbowl and I am just a tourist. As if I was in a little “tour Earth” experience; this photo was taken on a rainy day in Miami at the Miami International Airport. The rain there is different from the rain in Utah, where I live. I wanted to find two poets the exemplified how geography impacts poetry, even as something as simple as a raindrop. How Place Shapes Our Experience of Rain Writers of

I don't think that we reread classics because they are always the best, it would be really difficult to measure the best, and I believe many classics are not the best. I think that literature is culture, or a part of it, and reading classics is because others have read them and we will keep rereading them. When you read a classic, it connects you to the culture of literature. Somehow, between High School English and Graduate Degrees, I think that we missed the point of readin

I found myself thinking about wetlands around the world while I walked along Utah Lake. That curiosity led me to explore Ireland’s bogs, those vast peatlands that have become iconic both for their natural uniqueness and their place in Irish storytelling. Few have captured their essence more powerfully than Seamus Heaney. In his poem “Bogland,”  he writes: “Our pioneers keep striking Inwards and downwards, Every layer they strip Seems camped on before.” How Ireland’s Bogs Shap

Took this photo of Southwest Mesa, which just made me curious about mesas around the world. I took a little time to explores mesas beyond the Southwest, highlighting notable regions and sharing poetry that celebrates these flat-topped mountains. Mesas Around the World When thinking of mesas, the red rock landscapes of Arizona and New Mexico often come to mind. Yet, mesas also appear in other continents, each with distinct cultural and natural significance. Venezuela : The Gra