Reflections on change and transformation.
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Women With Plants
Dear Readers:
I’m thrilled to share the poem “Woman With Plants,” which was selected for the Grant Woods Country Poetry Award in Lyrical Iowa 2026 and also nominated for a Pushcart Prize. I hope you will consider supporting this wonderful...
How I Learned to Write
Painting by Suzanna de Baca, Whiterock Triptych, acrylic on canvas, 2026.
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Clouds billow and shift
above me
asking to be named.
Owl tur...
What is the Coyote Saying?
Photo by Suzanna de Baca in person at the Des Moines Art Center
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A howl in the night.
An echo, a cry, a chorus of longing.
Across a c...
A Seat at the Table
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I don’t know what happens after this life.
If there is a heaven,
I don’t know what it looks like.
If there is energy,
or reincarnati...
Corn Moon: A Hometown Poem
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Some call you the Sturgeon Moon,
rising out of the water like a great fish,
glowing, writhing
through a dark sea of sky.
Others cal...
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Suzanna de Baca is an Iowa native, CEO of Story Board Advisors, board director, poet, artist and writer who is passionate about exploring change and transformation and belonging. She lives in Huxley, Iowa.
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