While writing and selecting the work that appears in this book, I had to decide what it is that I wished to convey to myself, and you, without forfeiting the harsh reality and deep honesty of loss, and the healing that begins with these understandings. The poems here have evolved over four years, through personal experience, and the experiences of others. And so, I have divided this book into four parts, each describing a different subject in many different ways. I hope that part of what you find in Humming Riddles in Naked Seasons, will be the nature of humanity, the humanity contained in nature, and the questions that lead to the healing of both.
