"Scapes" won the 2001 Edward Eakin Memorial Poetry Award winner, presented by the Poetry Society of Texas. "Scapes" is a compilation of poems from award-winning Texas poet Michael Baldwin. His work has been published in a number of poetry journals such as "Commonweal," "Louisiana Literature," "Touchstone," and "New Texas." An issue of "Illya's Honey" containing his poems was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. He won the Violet Newton Poetry Prize in 2000 and his poetry has been featured on the national radio show, "The Romantic Hours." Baldwin is a longtime member of the Poetry Society of...

Whether the reader is a Texan or someone with no knowledge of the state, Lone Star Heart will bring new insights and warm, sublime meditative moments. Indeed, the book, when taken as a whole, could be understood as one long meditation. The narrative poems, some poignantly personal, like his powerful elegiac tribute to his father and his daughter, Kite Kin, are full of factual insights and accented with Johnny Bowen's heart-felt paintings. Baldwin's poems, which I have been privileged to enjoy reading for the many years he has been perfecting his art, are always fully informed close...

While spending summer vacation with their grandparents, young cousins Emma and Riley are befriended by Star, a space cat. Star takes the children on adventures to the Moon and each of the planets of the solar system. Her spaceship, Whisker, is disguised as Grandad's old car. Come along for the ride to learn about the solar system and how it works. You'll love the fun and adventures two kids and a cat can have in outer space