Welcome
Larry Christianson is a Minnesota poet living in the Twin Cities metro area. For him – poetry is about paying attention as life rolls along. Observation and reflection. Insight and vision. Storytelling and self-discovery – all the while giving voice to memories and meanings in a stripped down style that aims to open many doors for readers to enter into their own stories and hopes and dreams.
New book - East of Nowhere
In East of Nowhere Larry Christianson travels landscapes of the earth, heart and spirit through poems telling stories from up north Minnesota to heartstrings tugging at memories and meanings east of nowhere. This is the latest book in Christianson’s “Compass Collection” joining Beyond Time: Poems from North of the Tension Line (2008), South of Contrary (2009) and West of Everywhere (2010) – also available from North Star Press of St. Cloud.
EAST OF NOWHEREStill
Small voice
of becoming,
of belonging.
Settling through breezes
soothing,
whispering calmly,
quietly.
East of nowhere –
all along healing
edges
on inner landscapes
of humanity.
Traces of heart
and spirit resting
on contented journeys
toward home.
Treasured milestones
and cherished
landmarks
for no longer
wandering.
On comforting ledges
east of nowhere.
--Larry Christianson
September 2009
while camping solo at Sawbill Lake
in the Boundary Waters
East of Nowhere