“These sonorous poems register the ways in which growth and dwelling – being attentive and responsive to the natural, social, and political economies of one’s surroundings – involve spiritual and creative movement. Takara has gathered within herself many artistic and philosophical traditions, and out of them fashioned a supple, personal and committed lyric line,” writes Paul Lyons.

This is a book of Hawai`i, of its life and its land… If you've never been to Hawai`i, then come here first. It's a better introduction than anything from the Hawaii Visitors Bureau. You'll feel so at home. For Kathryn is here. Like Nefertiti, the beautiful one has come.”