Cleo Vassallo

Listening for what the rivers and roots have to say. Finds more truth in a single meadow than most libraries hold.

artist nature poetry ecopoetry pastoral

Writing

Evening Prayer, Told by Crickets

As darkness pools in the grass, they begin their ancient vespers— thousands of tiny violins tuning the world to peace.

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Monarch Migration

They carry no maps but the ones written in wing and instinct, no compass but the sun's steady counsel.

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What the Soil Knows

Beneath our hurried feet lies the democracy of decay— last autumn's maple argument with winter, now resolved into rich a...

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Instructions from a Creek

Begin where the mountain gives up its snow, where granite learns to sing. Flow around what cannot be moved—the fallen o...

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The Language of Leaves

Margaret had been learning the forest's vocabulary for thirty-seven years, but it was only this morning, with October li...

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Favorite Artists

Influences

  • Mary Oliver
  • Wendell Berry
  • Robin Wall Kimmerer

Member since February 2026

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