Poetry in Motion: Trisia Eddy Woods + A Road Map for Finding Wild Horses

About the book:

The poems in A Road Map for Finding Wild Horses lead us on a journey, to sites of beauty and fragility, through memory and discovery. Living in a landscape that juxtaposes the constant push and pull of natural space against industrial space, the wild horses of Alberta’s Eastern Slopes reflect a unique intersection between human and wilderness.

For Trisia Eddy Woods, spending time alone in this environment in order to photograph these wild horse herds, writing becomes a way of defining place and bearing witness. There are elements of joy and courage in moving over the land and following the herds, found in brief and gentle interactions that remind the heart of why we go to reconnect in nature; reconnecting with ourselves, and our ideas of what it means to be a part of the natural world. Yet at the same time, we are faced with the very real brutality of oil wells and clear cut mountainsides, poachers and blood-soaked snow. These poems discern the grief of recognizing the influence of our own presence in these spaces, and the lasting impact of human materialism.

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Trisia Eddy Woods is the author of A Road Map for Finding Wild Horses (Turnstone Press, 2024.) A former editor for Red Nettle Press, Trisia’s writing has appeared in a variety of literary journals and chapbooks across North America including Contemporary Verse 2, The Garneau Review, and New American Writing. Her artwork has been exhibited both close to home and internationally, and is held in the special collection of the Herron Art Library. Currently she lives in Edmonton / amiskwaciywâskahikan with her family, which includes an array of four-legged companions. Her photography, including wild horses, can be found online at prairiedarkroom.com or IG: @prairiedarkroom

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A Road Map for Finding Wild Horses is available now, here or from your favourite indie bookstore.

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