Katy Wimhurst

NationalPoetryMonth.ca April 23, 2023

Ten Sounds Trees Make by Katy Wimhurst appears on NationalPoetryMonth.ca on April 23, 2023

From Katy

Much of my visual poetry has environmental themes. The series from which this piece comes is more nature-based and reflective. The original idea came from lying outside in the communal garden, becoming aware of the sounds a hawthorn tree was making and trying to name them. Later, I Googled ‘sounds trees make’ and the title of the piece came from an article I found. I liked the idea of bringing out the sense of sound within visual poetry and of focusing on an aspect of trees often overlooked. I create my visual poetry digitally in Photoshop and draw on random arrangements that occur during the layering process. Word repetition is common in my work, too.

About Katy

Katy Wimhurst’s first collection of short stories, Snapshots of the Apocalypse, was published by Fly on the Wall Press. Her fiction has been published in numerous magazines and anthologies including The Guardian, Writers’ Forum, Cafe Irreal, Magic Oxygen Literary Prize, Ouen Press, and ShooterLit. Her visual poems have appeared in magazines like 3AM, Ric Journal, Experiment-O, and The Babel Tower, and her first book of visual poetry will be published by Trickhouse Press in 2023. She interviews other writers for 3AM Magazine and blogs at https://whimsylph.wordpress.com. She is housebound with M.E.

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