BJ Buckley
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Chinook, Early February
This evening prairie light
caught curve of bone
uncovered by the snowmelt
and the wind –
ribcage of antelope
packed full by voles
of summer grasses, sedge seed
and wild onion, red clover
blossom, ground cherry,
bastion against a winter
that might never end.
Oh, when I end
pray leave me out to weather
and erosion’s art,
my emptied architecture home
for worm and beetle, first,
then tight cocoons of spiders,
ground-nesting birds,
the small furred scurriers –
to be filled again
with spring’s first breath,
the wild, the quick –
to have so many hearts.
Favorite Books:
The Poems of Emily Dickinson
Mind of the Raven and Ravens in Winter, by Bernd Heinrich
Wanderlust, A History of Walking, by Rebecca Solnit
The Anthropology of Turquois
Meditations on Landscape, Art, and Spirit, by Ellen Meloy
every field guide to animals, plants, insects, earth, rocks, sky, stars, weather, and water ever written
What I'm Reading Now, Book 1:
Dissolve
What I'm Reading Now, Book 5:
The Library Book
What I'm Reading Now, Book 2:
There, There
What I'm Reading Now, Book 3:
Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country
What I'm Reading Now, Book 4:
Burn
Prizes Won:
Wyoming Arts Council Literature Fellowship; The Cumberland Poetry Review's Robert Penn Warren Narrative Poetry Prize; Poets & Writers “Writers Exchange Award” in Poetry; The Rita Dove Poetry Prize from the Center for Women Writers at Salem College, Winston-Salem, NC; the Joy Harjo Prize from CutThroat: A Journal of Arts and Literature; The Comstock Review Poetry Prize; residencies at The Ucross Foundation, the Vermont Studio Center, and the Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference.
Private Phone:
406-403-3101
Private E-mail:
bjbuckley@earthlink.net
With whom do you prefer to work?:
Any
Wyoming
In which languages are you fluent?:
English
How do you want to identify yourself?:
Irish American
Born in (Country):
United States
Born in (City):
Cheyenne
Raised in (Country):
United States
Raised in (City):
Cheyenne
Raised in (State):
Wyoming
First Name:
BJ
Photo of the Author:
BJ_Buckley.jpg
Last Name:
Buckley
Yes
Are you interested in giving readings?:
Yes
Are you willing to travel to give readings?:
Yes
Listed as:
Poet
Application Accepted:
Application Accepted
Phone:
406-467-2986
E-mail:
10 10th Lane NE
Power,
MT
59468
10 10th Lane NE
Power,
MT
59468