A book of poetry. Bryan Ness has been writing poetry for over 35 years and it has appeared in various small press poetry journals and other periodicals including Poetalk, Quicksilver, Spectrum, Manna, Spectrum's Edge and Ebbing Tide. He is currently a Professor of Biology at Pacific Union College in Angwin, California on the top of Howell Mountain in the beautiful Napa Valley. His wife, Judy, also a poet and clinical social worker, share a small home with their cat Thomasina who believes she runs the place. Bryan's inspiration often comes from nature and his love of biology. His favorite poets include Robert Frost, Ted Kooser, Abbie Huston Evans, Linda Pastan and Billy Collins. In addition to writing poetry Bryan has written numerous articles for magazines and encyclopedias and edited the Encyclopedia of Genetics and Magill's Encyclopedia of Science: Plant Life, both published by Salem Press.