Welcome to Daniel Snethen!

Finally this evening I am publishing the Great Plains poet (and biology teacher/researcher) Daniel G. Snethen's poems.  (He is primarily based in South Dakota these days.)  I have traveled through that region but never really stopped there, so it's interesting to read poetry that is informed by that part of the United States.  Certainly, as a poet, biology teacher, rancher, and researcher into the American Burying Beetle, Daniel has much insight into nature. 

an old yellar day

boar coon attacked my blue-tick

cross on Pepper’s grave

Buttons

Buttons

have four blind eyes,

poked out with a needle—

bound with Momma’s black sewing thread:

sightless.

Christmas colored leaves

white poison ivy berries

fatal fall foilage

gentle April rains

robins feed on fresh mown lawns

earthworms in mourning

glowing northern nights

Aurora Borealis

Alaskan light-show

gyroscopic winds

cottonwoods bend, groan, and snap

Dakota cyclone

myriad snowflakes

kaleidoscopic crystals

promises of hope

ornate box turtles

kangaroo rats and yucca

Nebraska’s Sandhills

Let's add Freddie Hubbard's "First Light" into the mix:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwvxiBEPDdA

"Red Clay" refers to another region's soil, but I think it fits well with both "First Light" and Daniel's pieces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA1ZelIbUfI

I want to continue with Milt Jackson's "Sunflower": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qse46GNnU4

I'll finish with Ahmad Jamal's "Blue Moon" and "Invitation":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcUvkO4A5Vo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOAepSLbohs