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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Eyes Wild Open
DESCRIPTION:About the Book:\nThis 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. \nand damp\, sleepy songs hum and murmur \nin toads’ throats and in the voices of cicadas \nas sluggish summer pours like bright mud and dark honey \ndown the Southern years’ gradual and insistent hills\, \nsinging of sleep\, spinning its hazy threads \nof perfume\, of smoke and bees\, a lullaby. \n                Garland Austin Withers\, from of Carolina\, if I must \n  \nThe calling of birds\, from dawn to dusk\, never ceases\, \none so ecstatic he keeps caroling after dark \nThe symphony of ocean\, wind\, and trees \nechoes in your mind forever \nGreen mosses become your apparel \n                  Ruth Hill\, from Rainforest Matrix                                       \n  \nOur Authors: \nFrom 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 \nFrom BC Interior and Alberta: Wendy Weseen\, Louise Fairley \nFrom Ontario: Meg Freer\, John B. Lee\, Laurie Smith 
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