A book of new and selected poems with color photographs by Jeffery Swanberg. It contains poems from across the authors entire life divided into sections. Many of the poems have a nature theme. There are many sonnets included in this collection. Most were written recently. Other newer free verse poems and poems from past publications have been incorporated to expand the collection in a more dynamic way. After decades of free verse, hundreds of poems published in many journals, as well as several collections from various presses, she returned to the sonnet for a challenge and a change. She wanted to see where the sonnet form might lead - and discovered the freedom the sonnet gives to keep it short and concise, ending with a little epiphany couplet. She found the Year of Sonnets a challenging and rewarding palette cleanser. Swanberg s poetry shows the wisdom of age in her philosophy, emotion of the poet and craftsmanship of many years of experience. Sparkling as fresh dew, harsh as a winter storm, or growing old and laced with words that make an English professor s soul tingle. She is a lover of nature who soars the universe and mysteries of life within her own backyard. --J. Glenn Evans Poet, Novelist, Political Activist, and Founder of Poets West An unforgettable dive into the familiar made new the first lines announce a ride of a lifetime, clearly the craftsmanship of an accomplished poet. From the Great River Road in Iowa, the High Road to Taos, to the Yorkshire Moors, the collection takes the reader to places you need to go : an adventure that will linger. Orcas whales, Oreo cows, to Van Halen accompany a poet s odyssey of penetrating vision. Her insight is rare, her talent for revealing the commonplace is anything but common; Swanberg s affinity for nature is especially satisfying. --Carol Smallwood Poet, Librarian, Editor and the Author of Library Outreach to Writers and Poets, (McFarland, 2017) Christine Swanberg has published several books of poetry: Tonight on This Late Road, (Erie Street, 1984). Invisible String (Erie Street, 1990), Bread Upon the Waters (UW:Whitewater, 1990), Slow Miracle (Lake Shore, 1992), The Tenderness of Memory (Plainview Press, 1995), The Red Lacquer Room (Chiron Press, 2001), and Who Walks Among the Trees with Charity (Wind Publications, 2005), and The Alleluia Tree from Puddin head Press, 2012. Hundreds of her poems appear in anthologies such as Knowing Stones: Poems of Exotic Travel; I am Becoming the Woman I ve Wanted: Jane s Stories; Key West: an Anthology; and Still Going Strong and journals such as Lilipoh, Spoon River Quarterly, Beloit Poetry Journal, Casa de Cinco Hermanas, The Avocet, Chiron, Kansas Quarterly, Creative Woman, Earth s Daughters, Sow s Ear, Wind and many others. She received the Rockford Area Arts Council Lawrence Gloyd Award for Community Impact. Earlier awards include the YWCA Award for the Arts and the Womanspace Womanspirit Award. She has received numerous grants through the Rockford Area Arts Council. Poet s Market featured a full-length interview with her. She has contributed chapters to Women on Poetry and Writing After Retirement. After winning the Poetswest invitation to read at the Frye Museum in 2000, she has been a regular poetry presenter in various venues in the Pacific Northwest as well as WSER radio there. She has received numerous awards for her poetry throughout the years. A writing teacher in public schools, colleges, museums, and The Clearing, and mentor for forty years, Christine's students have been successful. Christine has had residencies at Centrum Center for the Arts in Port Townsend, WA. She has recently given readings in Sedona AZ, which featured a full-length article in Kudos Magazine; Taos NM, and many bookstores, libraries, and community organizations throughout the country as well as NPR/WNIU. Christine s publications, readings, radio presentations, editorial experience, collaborations, and other public presentations cast a wide net. She is public poet with the ability to create poems that are both accessible and lyrical. Her writing is meant to be a shared rather than strictly personal adventure. She loves gardening, day trips, singing with community choruses, swimming, walking on the beach, vintage restoration and traveling with her husband of 45 years, Jeffrey, whose photos appear in this collection and on the cover.