SHEPHERD OF TREES by Catherine Young is from her poetry collection Geosmin.  A caretaker asks trees what they need.

Panoramic by Catherine Young is from her poetry collection Geosmin. Itdescribes a lifetime as a landscape.

COMPOST and REVOLUTION by Catherine Young are are two views of the cycle of life on a farm from her poetry collection Geosmin.

VOLUTE by Catherine Young is from her poetry collection Geosmin. In VOLUTE, a fossil tells people how everything in the world curls – whether we can see it or not.

WOMEN TENDING by Catherine Young from her poetry collection Geosmin. WOMEN TENDING moves through time and is told in 3 voices: From women tending house and home; the women making bricks & pottery for home; the women who make art —those women who tend towards what...

AUBADE FOR THE NEVER-ENDING FLOW OF MILK by Catherine Young from her poetry collection Geosmin. An aubade is a poem that is written for dawn, a poem that greets the morning, lamenting the end of night when lovers must part. On a farm, aubade can take quite a different...

IN FEBRUARY IT BEGINS and MAPLE SYRUPING by Catherine Young are from her poetry collection Geosmin. 2 poems for the spring season of change and the sweetness we crave

LICHEN and LATE WINTER by Catherine Young are from her poetry collection Geosmin. LICHEN decorates the bark like a living gift wrapping, one that’s hard to put in the woodstove. LATE WINTER in Wisconsin is the difficult time of freeze and thaw; an anxious dance. We...

Geosmin by Catherine Young is the title poem from her poetry collection Geosmin. Geosmin is an ode to the scent of soil.

JANUARY BRINK by Catherine Young is from her poetry collection Geosmin. There are people who love summer as a time of gathering outdoors, but some love snowy winter even more. January is clean and spare, and the snow and ice catches the most beautiful light. January...