my work is to attend
to know how shadows move as the sun shifts
to notice every fiddlehead who rises tenderly
to call each creature by name
my work is to recognize
all that I do not yet know
tendril after fragment
leaflet after rind
to step
ever deeper
into mystery
which is to say
ever deeper
into you
Krissy Kludt
Poet Krissy Kludt writes about mystery, the land, divine love, and the passage of time. Creator of Writing the Wild, she guides retreats and workshops on writing, creativity, and nature connection. She is a convener, and as a former public-school teacher she brings a holistic learning approach to each experience she guides. Her work appears or is forthcoming in Humana Obscura; Tremblings; and Stories from the Trail, an anthology coming in 2024 from Wayfarer Books. Her first volume of poetry is forthcoming. She works and plays in the East Bay outside of San Francisco, on the ancestral lands of the Ohlone and Miwok peoples, with her husband and two sons.
