the nature-worshiping, fun-loving adventurer’s guide
From the Bay Area poet, 'Irises' and 'Shall We Gather by The Sea.'
Prose poems by the county's first poet laureate.
Two by the poet, onetime Jell-o ad man and former NEA chair.
The county's Poet Laureate recalls the great humpback event of 2011.
A prosem not quite in praise of California vines.
NPR's "voice of books" reflects on summertime in Santa Cruz.
The mysteries of space and sea.
This week's Outdoor Poet features transplanted Vermonter David Allen Sullivan, who teaches film and literature at Cabrillo College. The poem is At the Mouth of the San Lorenzo.
Our weekly poetry feature busts out of the gate with three by Charles Atkinson.
On Wednesday, May 22, Hilltromper will launch a new weekly feature celebrating nature and place.
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