Mouth Art of the Bald-faced Hornet

<p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Mouth Art of the Bald-faced Hornet </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>explores the interwoven human and natural histories of a local creek and woodland through the process of colonial settlement to the present day. Juxtaposing lyrics of the present with historical accounting these poems engage the human stories shaping natural history while riffing on what it might mean to read a local landscape over time. Botany reproductive strategies fairy tales forgotten atrocities and deep history all suggest different possibilities for human relationships with one another and with the extra-human world. While engaging with embedded violence abuse and loss these poems still insist on beauty yearning and the potential for transformation.</span></p>