The Kilowatt Project

Because every park deserves a poet

Mar 17, 2022

Time has been speeding up for me recently. That is, until I take a walk along the Connecticut River, by the athletic field, dog park, and boat launch, through the Wilder woods, under the power lines, and along the tracks of the Kilowatt Park river trail. A magical energy exists there that slows down time, and one can get caught up looking at trees, listening to birds, or simply sitting on benches in stillness. I was thrilled when I saw that Wilder resident and park frequenter, Kat Mayerovitch was starting The Kilowatt Project — a poetry project capturing the time-slowing moments of her favorite local trail system. -Isaac Lorton

The Kilowatt Project

On a clear-cold Sunday afternoon with crunchy snow on the ground, Kat Mayerovitch of Wilder walked through one of her favorite places, Kilowatt Park. Junction editor Isaac Lorton, also a Wilder resident and river trail enthusiast, tagged along to chat with Kat about The Kilowatt Project – a passion project sharing weekly poetry, little moments of insight, and photographs capturing the day-to-day movement of Wilder’s versatile parks and trail network along the Connecticut River. The project is a year-long online ode to Kilowatt Park North, Kilowatt Park South, and the stretch of land that connects the two – Kat likes to think of it all as one unified park. Each Monday in 2022, Kat posts a poem about her experience in the park that week and highlights observations on the project’s Instagram account, “because every park deserves a poet.” (Read more…)