{"id":243,"date":"2025-04-16T16:59:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T16:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/?page_id=243"},"modified":"2025-05-19T17:28:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T17:28:19","slug":"poetry-for-the-woods","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/?page_id=243","title":{"rendered":"Poetry for the Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"#Upload\">Submit your videos, photos, and poems<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"410\" src=\"http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Poetry-Woods-SPC-banner--1024x410.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Poetry-Woods-SPC-banner--1024x410.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Poetry-Woods-SPC-banner--300x120.jpg 300w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Poetry-Woods-SPC-banner--768x307.jpg 768w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Poetry-Woods-SPC-banner--1536x614.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Poetry-Woods-SPC-banner--2048x819.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Poetry for the Woods is in support of saving the UNCA Woods.  UNC Asheville\u2019s 45-acre urban forest has been a cherished community resource and wildlife habitat for decades. It\u2019s now under threat of development, despite its status as one of the last remaining urban forests in Asheville.<br><br>We gathered in the urban forest to develop connection with the woods and generate awareness around saving them through poetry. We had featured poets share there poems and we began writing poems while in the woods and shared those, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Poetry for the Woods Collection is a compilation of poems inspired by saving the woods, preserving nature, and being in connection with the earth.  Submit your poem!  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Your videos, photos, and poetry may be used on Social Media, the internet, print, etc.  All rights and liabilities are waived.  <\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Featured Poets:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Narya-Deckard-Author-Photo-cropped-a-Narya-Deckard-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-259\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Narya-Deckard-Author-Photo-cropped-a-Narya-Deckard-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Narya-Deckard-Author-Photo-cropped-a-Narya-Deckard-1-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Narya-Deckard-Author-Photo-cropped-a-Narya-Deckard-1-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Narya-Deckard-Author-Photo-cropped-a-Narya-Deckard-1-768x768.png 768w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Narya-Deckard-Author-Photo-cropped-a-Narya-Deckard-1.png 1043w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Narya Rose Deckard is the author of Wolfcraft, a book of poems which won the 2024 Broken Tribe Press MFA Graduate Award. She teaches writing and lives in Valdese, NC with her husband, dog, cats and chickens. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_20250420_153433_Chrome-Rae-Anderson-copy-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-260\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_20250420_153433_Chrome-Rae-Anderson-copy-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_20250420_153433_Chrome-Rae-Anderson-copy-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_20250420_153433_Chrome-Rae-Anderson-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_20250420_153433_Chrome-Rae-Anderson-copy-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot_20250420_153433_Chrome-Rae-Anderson-copy.jpg 1079w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rae Anderson is a writer in fits and starts, weaving themes of land connection, grief, archetype, and transformation through her work. She draws inspiration from her homestead land project, the resilience of community, and guiding others through the sacred work of Becoming. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"559\" height=\"559\" src=\"http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2612-Aurora-Wynne2-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2612-Aurora-Wynne2-copy.jpg 559w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2612-Aurora-Wynne2-copy-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_2612-Aurora-Wynne2-copy-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Aurora Whim is a conservation biologist and the leader of the band Sun Goblin. She is also a member of the Back Porch Poets slam poetry team. Her songs and poetry often revolve around nature and conservation as a subject. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"773\" height=\"773\" src=\"http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FB_IMG_1745635736945-Ivy-Rozen-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-258\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FB_IMG_1745635736945-Ivy-Rozen-copy.jpg 773w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FB_IMG_1745635736945-Ivy-Rozen-copy-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FB_IMG_1745635736945-Ivy-Rozen-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FB_IMG_1745635736945-Ivy-Rozen-copy-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ivy Rozen is an Asheville-based poet whose work has been published in Fine Art Globe, Chatham Life &amp; Style Magazine, Education NC, Hot Pot Magazine, Penmen Review, Auvert Magazine, Loblolly Press, and most recenly her debut poetry chapbook: Imposters, from Bottlecap Press.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3786-jemainefotc-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-262\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3786-jemainefotc-1024x1024.png 1024w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3786-jemainefotc-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3786-jemainefotc-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3786-jemainefotc-768x768.png 768w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3786-jemainefotc.png 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">John Langmack is a poet and lifecoach who lives in Asheville.  He published his first book of poems in 2022, God Bless the Roadkill.  He works to run Ashevilles longest current running Poetry Slam, Beasts of the Mountain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"988\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Maura-Maura-Finn-copy-988x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-261\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Maura-Maura-Finn-copy-988x1024.jpg 988w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Maura-Maura-Finn-copy-290x300.jpg 290w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Maura-Maura-Finn-copy-768x796.jpg 768w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Maura-Maura-Finn-copy.jpg 1380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Maura Finn is a poet\/writer and healing arts practitioner and educator who is deeply dedicated to supporting humans on the journey of remembering. Through creative, therapeutic approaches, she invites reflection and depth healing to expand how individuals want to experience their time on Earth. Maura draws on inspiration from the more-than-human world and the in-between worlds creating a rich tapestry of full spectrum living. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/unnamed-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-263\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/unnamed-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/unnamed-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/unnamed-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/unnamed-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/unnamed-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/unnamed.jpg 1880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tori Allenspach is an Asheville based writer and yoga teacher. She feels most alive with her bare feet on the earth and a pen in her hand. She writes to remember the imperfect, messy, and beautiful truth within us all.  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0442-Emma-Norris-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-264\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0442-Emma-Norris-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0442-Emma-Norris-300x300.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0442-Emma-Norris-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0442-Emma-Norris-768x768.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0442-Emma-Norris-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0442-Emma-Norris-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Emma Norris is a poet whose work weaves tenderness, ecology, and the inner life into lyrical snapshots. She writes to nurture connection and awaken care for the living world. Her poetry often emerges from moments of stillness with birds, evergreens, and memory.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20240824_153119_exported_1564-Elias-Vaughn-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20240824_153119_exported_1564-Elias-Vaughn-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20240824_153119_exported_1564-Elias-Vaughn-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20240824_153119_exported_1564-Elias-Vaughn-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20240824_153119_exported_1564-Elias-Vaughn-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20240824_153119_exported_1564-Elias-Vaughn.jpg 1114w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Elias Orion is a lover of forests and creeks and insects. Very new to poetry but loves it. Barefooted dancer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--10\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_4056-Ash-Lounsbury-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-266\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_4056-Ash-Lounsbury-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_4056-Ash-Lounsbury-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_4056-Ash-Lounsbury-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_4056-Ash-Lounsbury-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_4056-Ash-Lounsbury-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/sacredpoetrycircle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_4056-Ash-Lounsbury-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ash Lounsbury practices ecopsychology in and around Asheville, offering eco-meditations, nature as oracle workshops, and events to the community. She sometimes writes about myth, eco-healing, Gertrude Stein, and birds.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submit your videos, photos, and poems Poetry for the Woods is in support of saving the UNCA Woods. UNC Asheville\u2019s 45-acre urban forest has been a cherished community resource and wildlife habitat for decades. It\u2019s now under threat of development, despite its status as one of the last remaining urban forests in Asheville. 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