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Dispatches from the Heartland

Suzanna de Baca

Reflections on change and transformation.

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Summer Prairie Landscape

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Green on green.
Green on gold.
Gold on rust.
The fields are breathing.

Kelly. Mint.
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World Cup Fever

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Traffic barely moves
Hotels fill with every flag
The world comes to play

Summer streets now hum
Every language finds a home
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Still Becoming

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Every Fourth of July
I return to the same question.

Why do I love this country
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Book Review: ‘You Were Never Lost: Poems from the Tallgrass Prairie’ by Suzanna de Baca

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Book Review: ‘You Were Never Lost: Poems from the Tallgrass Prairie’ by Suzanna de Baca

by John Busbee Jun 24, 2026

Suzanna de Baca instills a subliminal radiance within her debut poetry collection, You Were Never Lost: Poem...

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White Bison

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A spring storm fills the sky.

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  • Suzanna de Baca

    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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