Poetry rooted in nature, identity, and the living earth.

Julie S. Paschold, also known as Tansy Julie the Soaring Eagle, is a poet and artist from Nebraska. They hold both a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in agronomy from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Julie has published three poetry books. Horizons, from Atmosphere Press, is available in paperback and audiobook. The book honors soil through family, identity, and nature, and won a Nebraska Book Award in 2024. Their chapbook You Have Always Been Here, from Bass Clef Books, is an unconventional love story. Their book Human Nature, published by WSC Press in paperback and Atmosphere Press as an audiobook, explores humanity’s ecological and environmental connection to nature and planet Earth.

Julie is the resident poetry instructor at Omaha’s Lauritzen Gardens and has been published in a wide range of publications. Their poem “Multitudes of Blue Arrows” was a semi-finalist for the first Kate Sommers Memorial Prize in 2023. Two of their chapbooks also received honorable mentions in contests by Writer’s Digest in 2021 and 2022. Julie also volunteers with the international Human Library Organization.

Readers can learn more through their blog on Medium and their author website on Google Blogspot.