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April 14, 2017
 

Letter to Someone Living Fifty Years from Now

 
Matthew Olzmann
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About This Poem

 

“Despite the environmental panic that’s now at the heart of this poem, it began as a simple meditation on shifting landscapes. Each time I go home to visit family, I notice how much more has changed: new roads, new stores, bigger buildings. The poem sought to consider these types of changes which can be subtle and barely noticeable, or—when viewed after a significant period of time has passed—immense and stunning.”
—Matthew Olzmann

 

Matthew Olzmann is the author of Contradictions in the Design (Alice James Books, 2016). He teaches at Dartmouth College and in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.

Poetry by Olzmann

 

Contradictions in the Design

(Alice James Books, 2016)

"Garden of Bees" by Matthew Rohrer

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"Hibiscus on the Lake" by Chavali Bangaramma

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"Poem to the Detroit River" by Terry Wolverton

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