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Night, Mystery & Light
J.K. McDowell
5.25 x 8 paper­back, 144 pages
September 30, 2011

“McDowell often ends his poems with a chal­lenge to “Jim,” a ques­tion usu­ally asking him to make sense of his life. . . . we over­hear this final ques­tion as if it were directed at us. One of the joys of reading McDowell’s poetry is pre­cisely this that his ques­tions urge us to make deeper sense of our own lives. You will dis­cover, along with him, the almost seam­less way the ordi­nary and non-​​ordinary real­i­ties of our soul’s deep dreaming sup­port and create a multi-​​layered world to live in. It is a world that intrigues us while reading the poem and that lingers long after we lay the poem aside.” —Tom Cowan, from the fore­word of Night, Mystery & Light

 

Western Solstice
Leonore Wilson
7 x 10 paper­back, 100 pages
June 21, 2011

“Leonore Wilson’s Western Solstice con­tains poems that spring whole and mar­velous, shim­mering from the earth. Born from a pro­found, wide-​​ranging, orig­inal and fem­i­nine mind, they bewitch the reader with a lush, pas­sionate voice that is ‘all impulse of towards’ and a ten­sile form that is as breath­taking as its content. This book is a true trea­sure.” —Cathy Colman, author of Borrowed Dress and Beauty’s Tattoo

Estuaries
Jason Kirkey
8.5 x 8.5 full color paper­back, 86 pages
May 21, 2011

Too often poetry is thought of as the domain of human cre­ativity with its source in the depths of the imag­i­na­tion. We use it to speak of the world, but not to the non-​​human world — let alone with it. The poems in Estuaries sug­gest that speech and poetry are fun­da­men­tally rooted in the ecosystem — the detritus of fallen leaves, the cur­va­ture of a river bend, and the sound of rain on a heron’s wings. All of this might be regarded as the speech of the Earth. When we speak or write poetry that engages these voices we become par­tic­i­pant in the pat­terns of the water­shed.

 

Note to Self: Poems for Changing the World from the Inside Out
Jamie K. Reaser
5.5 x 8.5 Paperback, 160 pages
March 29, 2011

“This is poetry for the soul…It took me down into my depths, beck­oning me to dig fear­lessly into my com­posted dreams, com­mit­ments, and deep yearn­ings. I resisted the urge to read the entire col­lec­tion in one sit­ting, instead rumi­nating over each poem as one might a grand painting or a sacred gospel.” — Christopher Uhl, PhD, author of Developing Ecological Consciousness: Path to a Sustainable World

 

Cosmosophia: Cosmology, Mysticism, and the
Birth of a New Myth
Theodore Richards
5.5x8.5 Paperback, 348 pages
February 25, 2011
“Richards writes skill­fully and soul­fully about the most pressing issues of our times, and the deeper crisis out of which they have emerged . . . This book suc­ceeds in instilling rev­er­ence for a living uni­verse and hope for a dying planet. May Cosmosophia blossom and flourish in the hearts of all beings!” —Darrin Drda, author of The Four Global Truths

 

 

Huntley Meadows: A Naturalist’s Journal in Verse
Jamie K. Reaser
6x9 Paperback, 214 pages
August 15, 2010

“Jamie K. Reaser’s poetic account of a year in Huntley Meadows in the heart of Washington is a trea­sure. A top-​​rank sci­en­tist com­mitted to con­ser­va­tion biology, Reaser turns out to be a poet able to project images of the nat­ural world that echo reality — and at the same time move the reader’s spirit. Read it and then go there!” —Donald Kennedy, PhD, President Emeritus of Stanford University

 

 

The Salmon in the Spring: The Ecology of Celtic Spirituality
Jason Kirkey with a fore­word by Frank MacEowen
6x9 Paperback, 296 pages
November 1, 2009

2010 Independent Publisher Book Awards Silver Medal Winner

Here at the end of the Cenozoic Era with the life sys­tems with­ering away, a sur­prising cre­ativity appears, a kind of mys­tical bal­ancing act. The world’s spir­i­tual tra­di­tions are entering into deeply engaged con­ver­sa­tions through which the riches of each are ignited in new ways. With The Salmon in the Spring, Jason Kirkey has boldly carved out his place in this exciting work with his orig­inal inter­pre­ta­tions of the con­cepts and sto­ries of ancient Ireland . . . Kirkey’s vision speaks directly to our present eco­log­ical chal­lenge. Rejecting those nature-​​denying forms of spir­i­tu­ality that have been used too easily to jus­tify our domes­ti­ca­tion of the planet, The Salmon in the Spring announces its thrilling spir­i­tual foun­da­tion: “Our wild nature is our soul.” —Brian Swimme, California Institute of Integral Studies

 

Courting the Wild: Love Affairs with Reptiles and Amphibians
Edited by Jamie K. Reaser with a fore­word by Thomas E. Lovejoy
5x8 Paperback, 252 pages
May 5, 2009

“This won­derful col­lec­tion of essays offers a glimpse into the spe­cial world of rep­tiles, and the spell they cast on those who have devoted their lives to their study. If you love nature, whether or not you’re “into” rep­tiles, you’ll find much to enjoy, and you just may come away with a new­found appre­ci­a­tion and respect for these fas­ci­nating, often beau­tiful and fre­quently mis­un­der­stood crea­tures.” —Russ Case, editor, REPTILES mag­a­zine, ReptileChannel​.com

 

Courting the Wild: Love Affairs with the Land
Edited by Jamie K. Reaser and Susan Chernak McElroy
5x8 Paperback, 160 pages
October 31, 2008

Do you remember the first time you fell in love? Within these pages you will find love sto­ries, rap­turous love affairs with the land, shame­less seduc­tions, betrothals, vows exchanged, mar­riages of the soul, heartaches, part­ings, heal­ings, and renewals. The authors are the courters and the courted...Their land­scape para­mours embrace them and they grow forth from within.

 

 

The Ballad of the Sea-​​Sweet Moon and Other Poems
Jason Kirkey
5x8 Paperback, 104 pages
July 15, 2008

The Ballad of the Sea-​​Sweet Moon tells the story of a mythic encounter with the divine fem­i­nine and how it shakes and shapes the life of one man, set­ting his heart ablaze. In their poetic and tantric love-​​making, cities and struc­tures of con­scious­ness will fall, ulti­mately making room for a new way of being in the world. This col­lec­tion also includes a newly edited ver­sion of the chap­book September Seeing and sev­eral never before seen poems.

 

Songs from a Wild Place
Jason Kirkey
6x9 Paperback, 116 pages
September 22, 2007

Songs from a Wild Place is Jason Kirkey’s second volume of poetry. Its motifs range from self-​​transformation, quiet rev­e­la­tions found in the nat­ural world, love, and the re-​​imagination of cul­ture and spirit. In all cases this poetry emerges out of a con­ver­sa­tion with the world at the edge of indi­vidual iden­tity. It is a book about finding the authentic voice and using it to create trans­for­ma­tion in both the human and other-​​than-​​human worlds.

All too often poetry is judged upon whether it is worthy of the reader. Here is poetry that demands that we — the reader — make our­selves worthy to receive it.” —Frank MacEowen, author of The Mist-​​Filled Path and The Celtic Way of Seeing

 

Portraits of Beauty
Jason Kirkey
6x9 Paperback, 108 pages
Dececmber 29, 2006
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Portraits of Beauty is Jason Kirkey’s first col­lec­tion of poetry. These poems have been written in and inspired by many land­scapes; the forests of his birth place in Massachusetts, the moun­tains of Colorado, and the rain and mist of the west of Ireland. Divided into five parts — Voyages, Beauty, Thresholds, Presence, and Arrival — this col­lec­tion attempts to cap­ture the quiet pres­ence and fierce pas­sion within the human soul.