In this unconventional documentary, filmmaker Cathy Cook takes cues from Niedecker's work and the Wisconsin heritage they share to explore the poetry and life of Lorine Niedecker (1903 - 1970). The poetry and film subjects included are: nature, history, ecology, gender, domesticity, work, culture, family and social politics. Cook gives new voice and visibility to the extraordinary works of this very private poet that some literary critics have described as the 20th century's Emily Dickinson.