Into the Desert

On September 2, 2018, I presented a radio show on BBC-Radio 4 about Walter de Maria’s land art sculpture, The Lightning Field, which was constructed in the remote high desert of New Mexico. The poems here are those I share on that journey into the nature of art, culture, and our place in the world. Read below, and listen to the show to hear them aloud and learn about The Lightning Field. Listen to the BBC program (available until October 1, 2018): https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bgpcgz