WRITING THE LAND: VIRGINIA
“A poetry anthology partnered with conserved land trusts from across the Commonwealth of Virginia. Each of 12 chapters contains poems, photos, and information about actual conserved properties from a land conservation organization or Tribe. They celebrate the beauty and value of conserved lands of all kinds including public wildlife management areas, conservation easements, city and riverside trails and park systems, and shoreline farms. Explore lands you’ve not yet seen, or re-explore familiar territory through poetry and art.”
– NatureCulture
New for 2024, a special edition of Writing the Land: Virginia has just been released. It features a captivating chapter of poems by Gwyn R.C. Moses, who beautifully weaves verses with photos and illustrations that echo the beauty, wonder, and fragility of the Appomattox River Blueway-Greenway. This anthology features stunning works including photos by Siddharth Kumar and Ken Newman, and illustrations by our very own Elise Neuscheler!
This inspiring anthology is a collection of poetry about conserved lands held by a land conservation organization or Tribes across the Commonwealth of Virginia. Each of 12 chapters celebrates the beauty and value of conserved lands of all kinds including public wildlife management areas, conservation easements, city and riverside trails and park systems, and shoreline farms. Readers will enjoy exploration of these diverse lands through this poetry and art.
Friends of the Lower Appomattox River (FOLAR) is excited to be a part of this year’s edition of Writing the Land: Virginia alongside our regional and statewide conservation partners and friends. Dive in with our poet, Gwyn R.C. Moses, for a trip down the Appomattox River as she uncovers life within and around the river.
ABOUT THE POET:
GWYN R.C. MOSES
Gwyn R.C. Moses, Ed. D., is a member of River City Poets, Chesterfield Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta, Inc., and Petersburg Area Art League. Most recently, she is a three times bestseller of a #1 New Children’s Release, Dexter’s Sound Becomes King. She is a National Poet of Writing the Land: Windblown 1, and Virginia’s International Poet of United Kingdom’s, Migrations and Home: The Elements of Place. Poet Moses, being intrigued by the falls of the Appomattox River, has written a captivating chapter of poems that beautifully echo beauty, wonder, fragility, and atrocity. This is an especially meaningful area of land to Gwyn as it cascades against her Alma Mater, Virginia State University. She delighted in sitting on the land and listening to its story.
A photo of Heather Barrar, FOLAR’s Regional Trails Program Director (left), Gwyn R.C. Moses (center), and Wendy Austin, FOLAR’s Executive Director (right).
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