Poetry Conservation Area

Poems composed “by heart,” in the mind while hiking, plus song lyrics, and lyrics written to jazz standards like “After the Rain” by John Coltrane and “So What” by Miles Davis. Solo performance of these texts at the Green Bay and Omaha Fringe Festival during the summer of 2025.

“After the Rain” lyrics.

“So What” lyrics

Performance of “A Short Film Set on the Mississippi River Downstream from Hannibal,” Green Mill Cocktail Lounge, Chicago, March 2024.