“This poet sings with her seed words. She selects an image, plants it in her heart-bed, nourishes it with soul-warmth, trims its excess, trains its flowering, cultivates, shares its harvest with us so we can celebrate together.” —James McGrath, Santa Fe, author of eight poetry collections

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Cynthia West says, “Clouds, shadows and branches drop clues, luring me to reach deeper than skin and bones, to touch the essence inside the appearance, the nothing that holds everything in its hands. Patience has years of seeking, one step after another in the dust, pathways that lead to water. My hand and eye never stop probing the changing shapes, now here, now gone, now flesh, now ghosts. Subtle hints flash in and out of form, quicker than loss or gain. Blown here and there, I coax the tree within to show its face. The view is turning, turning in and out of reach.”

Known for her visionary paintings, Cynthia West is also a poet, photographer, digital imager and book artist. Her home, with many gardens, in the Santa Fe River Valley, where she has lived with her husband and family for fifty years, is a healing center as well as her studio and gallery. West is the author of six previous collections of poetry. For Beauty Way, 1990, and 1000 Stone Buddhas, 1993, published by Inked Wingbeat, Santa Fe. Rainbringer, 2004, The New Sun, 2007, In the Center of the Field, 2010, and A Clear Drop, 2015, the last four published by Sunstone Press, Santa Fe. West is also the artist and author of The Seasons of Tea, 2010, and Visionary Paintings, 2019, published by Inked Wingbeat.

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ISBN: 978-1-63293-551-9
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