Drawn from material written over a 12 year span, these 128 form and free verse poems dance together through a variety of topics, themes, and styles. Each one is an immersive, visual experience crafted with precision and subtlety.

Subjects range broadly, from following the birth of a star as metaphor for the birth of a human consciousness to a five day dance with solitude in one of Northern California's pristine wildernesses to reflections more personal and concrete, such as the effects of a suicide on loved ones.

At one end of the spectrum, find sonnets and free verse examining...