About the Book:
This anthology unites 25 poets from BC and beyond under the theme of Wild Nature. The authors in this collection seek to capture their impressions from the perspective of being within nature, both as keen observer and quiet participant. They pause long enough to breathe in their surroundings and to relay their experiences in words and images as they strive to do justice to the entities and elements they encounter.
and damp, sleepy songs hum and murmur
in toads’ throats and in the voices of cicadas
as sluggish summer pours like bright mud and dark honey
down the Southern years’ gradual and insistent hills,
singing of sleep, spinning its hazy threads
of perfume, of smoke and bees, a lullaby.
Garland Austin Withers, from of Carolina, if I must
The calling of birds, from dawn to dusk, never ceases,
one so ecstatic he keeps caroling after dark
The symphony of ocean, wind, and trees
echoes in your mind forever
Green mosses become your apparel
Ruth Hill, from Rainforest Matrix
Our Authors:
From Coastal BC: Elizabeth Boyd, Linda Burtch, Ian Cognitō, John Cserny, Marlene Dean, Margaret Fairweather, Sarah Gawthrop, Diana Hayes, Ruth Hill, Shelley A. Leedahl, Christoper Levenson, Daniela Lorenzi, Christine Lowther, Shirley Martin, Derek Peach, Mary Nelson, Nilofar Shidmehr, Patricia Smekal, Cristy Watson, Garland Austin Withers
From BC Interior and Alberta: Wendy Weseen, Louise Fairley
From Ontario: Meg Freer, John B. Lee, Laurie Smith
