There Was a Time When the Word for Tree Was Landholder
Join Ellen Waterston, author and Oregon Poet Laureate, in contemplating and celebrating all things words—their origins, power, color, meaning, and musicality; their evolution and life span; their exotic configuration into languages. What do the modifications, abuses, and possible losses of words signal about our capacity for relationship to place and one another?
Poem: Luck of the Divide
A poem by Ellen Waterston, Oregon's eleventh Poet Laureate
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