Authors:  various

Editors:  Daniela Lorenzi, Ian Cognitō, Pet Smekal

Release Date: June 1, 2026

Publisher: Repartee Press

Pages: 100

ISBN: 978-1-7380830-3-9

About the Book

This anthology unites 25 poets from BC and beyond under the theme of Wild Nature. The authors in this collection seek to capture their impressions from the perspective of being within nature, both as keen observer and quiet participant. They pause long enough to breathe in their surroundings and to relay their experiences in words and images as they strive to do justice to the entities and elements they encounter.

and damp, sleepy songs hum and murmur

in toads’ throats and in the voices of cicadas

as sluggish summer pours like bright mud and dark honey

down the Southern years’ gradual and insistent hills,

singing of sleep, spinning its hazy threads

of perfume, of smoke and bees, a lullaby.

               Garland Austin Withers, from of Carolina, if I must

The calling of birds, from dawn to dusk, never ceases,

one so ecstatic he keeps caroling after dark

The symphony of ocean, wind, and trees

echoes in your mind forever

Green mosses become your apparel

                                                                         Ruth Hill, from Rainforest Matrix                                     

Our Authors:

From Coastal BC: Elizabeth Boyd, Linda Burtch, Ian Cognitō, John Cserny, Marlene Dean, Margaret Fairweather, Sarah Gawthrop, Diana Hayes, Ruth Hill, Shelley A. Leedahl, Christoper Levenson, Daniela Lorenzi, Christine Lowther, Shirley Martin, Derek Peach, Mary Nelson, Nilofar Shidmehr, Patricia Smekal, Cristy Watson, Garland Austin Withers

From BC Interior and Alberta: Wendy Weseen, Louise Fairley

From Ontario: Meg Freer, John B. Lee, Laurie Smith