These are poems of memory, thanks, prayer, bliss, dreams and blessings, embedded in color, and, while ethereal, are also rooted firmly to the earth. Hope is the sustaining thread even if some poems veer into darkness. Light is never too far away.
Liz Nakazawa has edited two collections of poetry by Oregon poets: Deer Drink the Moon: Poems of Oregon and The Knotted Bond: Oregon Poets Speak of Their Sisters. Deer Drink the Moon was listed as one of "150 Books for 150 Years of Statehood," announced by the Oregon State Library and Poetry Northwest in 2009 (poetrynw.org/824) and was also a Best Pick of Powell's. Her own poems have appeared in The Timberline Review, The Poeming Pigeon, Willawa, Turn, Amythyst Review, Rock and Sling, Remington Review and ahundredgourds. She writes essays, takes photos, enjoys walking, swimming and choreographing dances, and is a practitioner of calligraphy in addition to writing poetry. She feels grateful to be living in this bounteous and wondrous world.
