Lorine Niedecker

Lorine Niedecker (HMLI7)

Location: Fort Atkinson, WI 53538 Jefferson County
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N 42° 53.541', W 88° 54.904'

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Inscription
Fish
? ? ?fowl
? ? ?? ? ?flood
? ? ?Water lily mud
My life
in the leaves and on water
My mother and I
? ? ?? ?born
in swale and swamp and sworn
to water

Lorine Niedecker (1903-70) lived on Black Hawk Island most of her life and celebrated the sights and sounds of this place in poems ranked among the 20th century's finest. She lived first in the log-sided house and later the house near the river from 1947-70.
Nobody, nothing? ?than time
ever gave me? ?unless light
greater thing? ?and silence
? ? ?? ? ?which if intense
? ? ?? ? ?makes sound
Details
HM NumberHMLI7
Series This marker is part of the Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society series
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Marker Number303
Year Placed1991
Placed ByWisconsin Historical Society
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Friday, October 10th, 2014 at 8:38am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)16T E 343631 N 4750639
Decimal Degrees42.89235000, -88.91506667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 42° 53.541', W 88° 54.904'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds42° 53' 32.46" N, 88° 54' 54.24" W
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Area Code(s)920, 262, 608
Closest Postal AddressAt or near W7754 Blackhawk Island Rd, Fort Atkinson WI 53538, US
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