Letters to Minnehaha Creek

Letters to Minnehaha Creek is a poetry collection structured in four sections of poems through the passing seasons. In many of the poems, the narrator addresses Minnehaha Creek directly, reminiscing about her deceased friend, Dorothy, as she walks the same neighborhood routes they once traveled together.

The tone of the poems reflects the seasons. Fall takes place in the aftermath of Dorothy's death and explores the narrator's longing for her friend. Winter highlights the narrator's sadness...