Christine Hemp National Park Poet   Christine Hemp was the first poet-in-residence at Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota. She was also a Park poet at Capulin Volcano National Park in New Mexico. She was the poet this year for Mt. Rainier National Park’s Centennial Celebration and performed a multi-media presentation outdoors at the Park’s Cougar Rock Campground Amphitheater. She also gave a reading in Seattle at the Seafirst Gallery at an exhibition commemorating the Centennial. Though Smokey the Bear is a Forest Service mascot, some people have called Hemp "Smokey the Poet" while she instructed rangers, schoolchildren, and adults in the art of making poetry out of trees, lakes and mountains (some of them volcanic!). THE VESSEL (click here) for Mt. Rainier National Park on its Centennial Celebration AUGUST 14, 1999 LOOKING WEST AT ASH RIVER POINT A Villanelle for Voyageurs National Park   home · resume · recent publications · schedule · technical writing · course offerings list of clients · connecting chord · programs ·  poetry pages · bardic performances · contact Christine Hemp P.O. Box 674 Port Townsend, WA 98368 tel: 360-385-9005