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A distinctive and exceptional book of poetry. Readers will find and celebrate ever deeper and richer meaning for their own lives through the beauty of Norman Schaefer's poetry, while the slow dance of Charles Lehman's calligraphy adds depth not possible in rigid typography.

During the writing of The Sunny Top of California: Sierra Nevada Poems & a Story, Norman Schaefer was also working on a collection of shorter poems. Originally inspired by Basho's Narrow Road to the Deep North whose images were spare, clean, but vivid with insight, he went on to study Saigyo, Sappho, Pound, Rexroth, and anyone on the trail toward little poems of clarity. The search for precision in language, the intensity of meaning sharp and ...

Written from 19942009, these wry, but wise, poems feel part of an ancient mountaineering tradition that connects wilderness to the landscape of the spirit. Rarely does one encounter poetry which seems so vividly distilled from this practice of wandering and inquiry.