Wayfinding edited by Amy Beth Wright and Derek Wright

“When visiting national parks, we mostly rely on our visual senses to record the memory. But the poetry in Wayfinding touches other senses, wrapping the reader in bird chirps, campfire smells, and cool earthen textures. In doing so, the poems lure us into the interior journeys that shape our emotional connections to the parks.

The poetry, written by mostly published and award-winning poets, walks paths through dank cedar forests and red-walled canyons, below upthrusts of granite and through the soggy wetlands of the mind, reminding us that our park experiences are all different, yet all part of what the wild offers. The words focus our attention on both the inward and outward journey on public lands. They nudge us to experience the parks more fully–to slow down to let all of our senses engage with often-missed wonders.”

–Becky Lomax, author of Moon Guides’ Moon USA National Parks: The Complete Guide to All 62 Parks

“‘We look to the woods for our privacy and answers,’ Gary Bloom writes in this sweeping collection of lyrical and confessional poetry set against the stunning vistas of America’s public parks. If you’ve ever hiked a trail, put up a tent, crushed on another camper, had an epiphany at sunset, watched a hawk, witnessed bioluminescence, or sought refuge in the wild, these are your people. These are your poems.”

–Leigh Stein, author of Self Care and What to Miss When