Jennifer Lagier’s poems are a prayer for the survival of the natural world. As she walks the Pacific coast each morning, she pays close attention to where she walks and what she sees. Her poems are witness to the strength and the fragility of the ecosystem. They are elegantly crafted - clearly the work of a poet who has been working her language for a lifetime. The poems in this book are Jennifer Lagier’s best work.

Dr. Jennifer Lagier has published eighteen books. Her work has appeared most recently in From Everywhere a Little: A Migration Anthology, Fire and Rain: Ecopoetry of California, Missing Persons: Reflections on Dementia, Silent Screams: Poetic Journeys Through Addiction & Recovery, Winedrunk Sidewalk, I Am Not a Silent Poet, Song of the San Joaquin, Speckled Trout Review, Syndic Literary Journal. Recent books: Camille Verite (FutureCycle Press), Where We Grew Up (FutureCycle Press), Scene of the Crime (Evening Street Press), Harbingers (Blue Light Press), Camille Abroad (FutureCycle Press), Like a B Movie (FutureCycle Press), Camille Mobilizes (FutureCycle Press), Trumped Up Election (Xi Draconis Books), Dystopia Playlist (Cyberwit) and Camille Comes Unglued (Cyberwit). Links to her books and anthologies where her work appears may be found at jlagier.net/books.html and jlagier.net/anthologies.html

Jennifer earned a Ph.D. from Nova Southeastern University, an MLIS from University of California, Berkeley, and an MA from California State University, Stanislaus. She taught at Modesto Junior College, Hartnell College, California State University, Monterey Bay, and Monterey Peninsula College. She taught with California Poets in the Schools and edited the Homestead Review. Currently, she edits the Monterey Poetry Review and helps coordinate Second Sunday readings for the Monterey Poetry Consortium.