Hi friends,
Another guest post today!
I have been friends with Krissy Kludt for about a decade now, and she is a beautiful human being. I am so excited that you get to read some of her poetry today.
Poet Krissy Kludt is the founder and executive director of Writing the Wild (co-guided with J. Drew Lanham). Her debut poetry collection, I Could Walk Forever and Know So Little, is released from Green Writers Press in March of 2026. Her work appears in Taking Liberties (Cutthroat 2025), The Nature of Our Times (Paloma Press 2025), Humana Obscura, The Wildness We Tend, Tremblings, and Stories from the Trail (Wayfarer Books 2024). She guides retreats and workshops on writing, creativity, and nature connection. She is a convener, and as a former public-school teacher she brings a holistic learning approach to each experience she guides. She lives in the Driftless region of southwestern Wisconsin.
I'd like to tender my resignation
for having to be so strong.
to walk the days like
Spring is here!
all is well!
and to try and
not see the memorials
still sitting in the street.
Walking to get a donut,
going to see a friend.
Tender tears come at odd times
as we pass each other.
We know the grief
when we see it on each
others faces.
Its like their names are
in the wind
George, Daunte, Renee, Alex.
look how ice melts
in the warm breath
of spring. how its
harshness never lasts.
see how seeds soften and
shed their coats, how soil
holds them in their waking.
all this tenderness
calling in a new world.
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I love this prompt today! And love meeting poets in this series ❤️