Welcome to Poetry in the Field—all poetry, no pressure!
This endeavour started as a fun YouTube channel where I share my adventures in outdoor poetry from some of my favourite places on Prince Edward Island. I’m now making a new, expanded home for it on Substack.
If you’ve ever felt intimidated by poetry, this is the place for you. There’s no pressure, only attention, curiosity and delight!
We enjoy, explore and engage poetry together through video poetry readings, field notes, simple challenges, practical suggestions and, of course, outdoor adventures.
This is a space for beginners, families and other “amateurs” who are into poetry for the love of it.
Charlotte Mason said, “to keep your eye upon words and wait to feel their force and beauty; and, when words are so fit that no other words can be put in their places, so few that none can be left out without spoiling the sense, and so fresh and musical that they delight you, then you may be sure that you are reading Literature, whether in prose or poetry.”
Ourselves, Book I