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Beneath wide skies and star-filled nights, the prairie becomes a place of quiet revelation. Walking its trails, Suzanna de Baca listens for what the natural world might teach about living and letting go. A heron lifts, wind moves through flowers, birds call across morning fields. At its heart is a lifelong friendship that endures beyond loss. In the prairie's patient rhythms, these poems find a language for grief, gratitude, and belonging. Inspired by an artist residency at Whiterock Conservancy in western Iowa, this collection emerges from daily walks through protected prairie, woodland, and river valley. Here, the poems deepen into reflections on the enduring ties between people, place, and memory.

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""Suzanna de Baca reaches out and tenderly pulls us into her warm and loving embrace in her new book, You Were Never Lost: Poems from the Tallgrass Prairie. Breezes whisper, flowers speak, and the prairie is alive with her words. My pain fades as I read, with the same kind of healing I feel walking the timber and prairie at dawn. Her words comfort and challenge us to learn, love, and appreciate as never before. Walk her words, and you will see more, feel more, and love more. Know that even if we aren't at one with the earth, we should be-and work toward that end. You were never lost."" - Robert Leonard, PhD, author of Deep Midwest and Yellow Cab ""Suzanna de Baca's debut poetry collection bring us into a deep sense of place and kinship, reminding us of 'The grass still leaning toward where you stood./ The sun's ray holding your place in the light.' Imploring us take in the vista of earth and sky, she continually guides us toward a deeper sense of home and belonging, especially essential when facing loss and letting go. 'Loss is/ the fire/ that clears the field, ' she writes while also invoking the call of frogs, 'hollow note' of breeze, and so many other talismans to show us our lives."" - Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, past Kansas Poet Laureate and author of The Magic Eye: A Story of Saving a Life and a Place in the Age of Anxiety

Author Information

Suzanna de Baca is a poet, writer, and artist whose work explores transformation of identity, voice, and purpose across creative and professional landscapes. A proud Latina and native Iowan, she is a member of the Iowa Writers' Collaborative. Her poetry has been published in over 100 national and international literary journals, magazines, and anthologies. She is the recipient of the Derick Burleson Poetry Award and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.Her creative voice is informed by a career spanning media and communications, business, and nonprofit leadership. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Art and Design and Art History from Iowa State University, where she currently teaches MBA students. She is the founder of Story Board Advisors, where she advises CEOs, boards, and family enterprises on leadership, governance, strategy, and communications.Suzanna lives and writes in Huxley, Iowa.

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