Wild Heart

Wild Heart moves through the reader like the seasons, drenching with sunlight and rain. Each nuanced poem reveals how humanity weaves into the flowing energy connecting all things. This chapbook includes poems of the author's communion with nature as a child, which nurtured a sense of belonging that carried into adulthood where she explores loss and grief, resilience and gratitude with a sprinkle of whimsey and humor. These poems also touch on how human action can create separation and how we may come back into balance by cherishing what nature has to teach us. In a world of complication and strife, Uphoff's words call in the quiet power of equanimity and reverence for all life. Dear Reader, "lay bare your amaranthine heart" and enter fully into these transformational poems.