"e. smith sleigh's consistent use of nature as a point of entry into the larger picture of humanity's conjectures about life allows the reader to deeply identify with her words and her poetic images. Sleigh elegantly unifies her queries and accounts about life and love within the seasons of nature and the rhythm of the day and night. In doing so, the poems within her collections evoke times of the day and seasons, parched or drenched landscapes, and extraordinary emotions in the reader. Her poetry renders words into concentrated gems of private concepts and experiences which shine from each page of her marvelous, thought-provoking, and entertaining work." --Lyn Plihal Writer Fiction and Poetry Critic