She begins with a caution, “beware all human encounters the path of Pan…hides in the green of unknowing.” These are poems written from a life fully examined. Maryann Schacht’s Pan: The Trickster is infused with tenderness, compassion, poignancy, and hard truths. Maryann Schacht-Pan, the Trickster: in poetry and life Please see for ongoing reading times and locations. Terry Ehret, says “With her photographer’s eye, Emerson invites the reader to see, as if for the first time, what is extraordinary even in the most familiar…she also listens, deeply and intently, to her subject, whether it is a landscape, a memory, or one of those unforgettable souls she has counseled…it is with a listening heart that the reader feels with her a wonder at the courage she has witnessed, and inspiration at the truth she captures.” Leah Maines, publisher and writer, says: “ Following Hay astonishes with passion and is gratifying to read.” Here are relationships that extend life, others that frighten, stifle, scare away. You will notice what passes through three generations. You can smell the horse, the hay, feel ‘where the brush sucks down to the pump,’ ‘the hay poked through my pants.’ You hear a piano or two. Extended family, assembled around a farm. What we attach to as children, as adults. Donna Emerson- Following Hayĭonna Emerson, Events Chair, Marin Poetry Center and Counseling Instructor at Santa Rosa Junior College has published a fourth collection of poetry- Following Hay.įollowing Hay is a book about where we come from. A limited edition of 1,000 cloth-bound copies, numbered and signed on the colophon, Acoustic Stories was published by Vineyards Press on October 15, 2013. Sonoma County Writers Published in 2013 Bill Amatneek- Acoustic Storiesīill Amatneek’s book, Acoustic Stories: Pickin’ for the Prez and Other Unamplified Tales, has been honored with the silver Book-of-the-Year award in the Performing Arts & Music category by Foreword Reviews.

Tongues of Angels by Julia Park Tracey