Nature as a Mirror

In the stillness of the woods, by the quiet shimmer of a lake, in the hush before a storm—Nature as a Mirror finds poetry in the places where earth and soul meet.Rooted in the hills, rivers, and open skies of western Kentucky, this collection reflects on what it means to endure, to change, and to belong to something larger than ourselves. Each poem is a moment of communion—between seed and soil, rain and memory, silence and revelation.Divided into five parts—Earth and Roots, Sky and Weather, Water and Oceans, Mountain and Stone, Seasons and Cycles—the book traces the rhythms of the natural world and the quiet echoes they leave within us.Written in spare, luminous language, Nature as a Mirror invites readers to slow down and listen—to the hum beneath the soil, the persistence of wind, and the patience of stone.For readers of Mary Oliver, Wendell Berry, and Joy Harjo, this is a book about finding stillness in movement, clarity in silence, and renewal in the ever-turning seasons of life.