In Fields of Thought

Beneath the hush of Indiana skies,
where silence blooms in furrows wide,
I found a mirror in the grass,
a place where time itself walked past.

Your house of work, your house of dreams,
stood like a lantern by the streams,
teaching the earth to breathe again,
teaching the heart the weight of pen.

Though distance bends the paths we tread,
your voices linger, soft as thread.
A loom of vision, finely spun—
you wove the night into the sun.

So when I wander far away,
your fields still rise inside my day.
And though I leave, I carry more—
the ghost of wisdom at my door.

Kavhawn Swopes
Taleamor Park resident
Summer 2025

Taleamor Park is a twenty-minute drive east from Lake Michigan beaches and resort towns such as New Buffalo and Lakeside.

Downtown Chicago is easily accessible via commuter rail from Michigan City, Indiana.

The Purdue University Northwest Westville campus is home to a world-class outdoor sculpture collection. 

Small towns such as Three Oaks in Michigan and New Carlisle in Indiana offer art galleries, dining, vintage cinema, live theatre, and music.

Farmers’ markets and organic farms offer fresh, local produce.