Poetry reading & book signing

june 14 at 3 p.m. collected works

carol Alena Aronoff & max early

“The real blessing is Aronoff’s synthesis of exquisite photo-graphs with the simple yet meaningful imagery of nature, rain, sky, vegetation, ocean—all the same subjects that make Merwin’s poetry so profound. But I wouldn’t expect anything less from someone who sees certainty in a tide pool, an empty bowl as an open door. Prepare to discover new worlds! This is her best volume yet– stunning!” Scott Wiggerman, author of Vegetables and Other Relationships, Leaf and Beak: Sonnets

“We are thankful for these poems that cup us

through the seasons, past  the drought of a spiritual slumber. Like a weathered olla recalling the hold of cold water, we are replenished and bathed anew. We should heed our want and need to the bounty of their beauty and submit ourselves to the lessons therein. Shhh...the poems are speaking: Listen!”—Levi Romero, A Poetry of Remembrance and In the Gathering of Silence New Mexico Centennial Poet

“Dreaming Earth’s Body is a remarkable collaboration that seems to spring from a single consciousness. Carol Alena Aronoff’s poems evoke the spirit of nature as well as the personal inner spirit. She reflects deeply on the nature of everyday experience and the transformative opportunities offered by listening to and acknowledging Gaia. Betsie Miller-Kusz’s stunning paintings are powerful visual evocations of Earth’s beneficence and beauty. These symbols of the female spirit inspire the same awe and appreciation for natural life and its healing potential that Aronoff’s poems provoke.“ William Torphy, poet, author, art critic, curator