Poet Tanya Holtland laments the toll of environmental apathy
Each day during the month of April, KUOW is highlighting the work of Seattle-based poets for National Poetry Month. In this series curated by Seattle Civic Poet and Ten Thousand Things host Shin Yu Pai, you'll find a selection of poems for the mind, heart, senses, and soul.
In her Ballard-based poem "Golden Gardens," Tanya Holtland contemplates environmental pollution and its impacts on non-human species and future generations.
Tanya Holtland is a poet and writer. She is author of the chapbook Inner River (Drop Leaf Press, 2016). Her eco-poetry collection Requisite (Platypus Press, 2020) was a finalist for the Broken River Prize and nominated for the 2021 Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Her work surrounds the intersections of memory, ecology, healing, design, and matriarchy.
![](https://kuow-prod.imgix.net/store/0b4054757ad3a490477a66cbaac9c100.jpg?ixlib=rails-2.1.4&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop&h=42&w=42)
Shin Yu Pai
HOST, TEN THOUSAND THINGS
Shin Yu Pai is the current Civic Poet for The City of Seattle (2023-24) and host of KUOW's podcast Ten Thousand Things (formerly The Blue Suit). She is an award-winning writer and visual artist based in Seattle.
No comments:
Post a Comment