Lorine Niedecker: “Foreclosure” | Watch Welcome Poets on PBS Wisconsin

Lorine Niedecker: “Foreclosure”

09/12/25 | 1m s | Rating: TV-G

The late Wisconsin poet Lorine Niedecker reads her poem "Foreclosure" in a 1970 audio recording made by the poet Cid Corman at Niedecker's home on Blackhawk Island in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. The poem is accompanied by contemporary footage from Blackhawk Island.

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