Integrating grief for lost loved ones with the love of nature and of family with a passion for protecting and honoring the natural world, these poems celebrate the immediate moment while honoring the evanescent nature of being.  Mother and mom and life are one in the same.

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Removing invasive plants from the land, restoring space and light for indigenous plants to thrive and reclaim their place and function in the ecosystem, unleashes creativity at the same time it reinvigorates the landscape. This collection explores the connection between gardening and poetry. 

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Happiness is not a gift, and it is not a simple experience, according to Woodbury poet laureate Sandy Carlson, who has recently published a new collection of sonnets, Taking Time, that explores both the struggle for happiness and the nature of victory. These poems consider the complex interplay of the individual with place and time in the discovery of happiness.

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