Still Life with Wind

ISBN: 979-8248844944 (hardcover), 979-8248845231 (paperback)

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My third book of Nature poetry (after Wild Seeds: Contemporary Idylls and Nature: New and Selected Poems) ​

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Dorothy tells Glenda the Good Witch that "If I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own backyard". Fletcher's poetry writes about the amazing sights available when looking no further. He discovers a koala bear in his Illinois wetland backyard. Writes of rainbows ending in his backyard in Panamá. He witnesses the rare sight of bumble-bees mating. Watches the stars on midnight walks around his lake. Through the fog, he spies a brace of geese gliding silent as Charon's oar. He witnesses the birth of frost. And writes about a deer that isn't there. Accompany this poet on his daily and nightly walks into a nature that is there for all of us if we pay attention. 

• Beautiful imagery, language & musicality!

• Lovely, lush details. Fletcher paints beautifully.

• Love the beginning. Love the ending. And everything in between ... with a riot of colors and flowers, sound and scents.

• I felt honoured to read this.

• Smile-inducing humour that points to a deeper truth.

• Honest and down to earth!

• This is stellar!

• It is all just totally delightful!

• Vibrates with sensuality!