The varied terrain of the Pacific Northwest—from the Salish Sea/Pacific Ocean to the Olympic/Cascade Mountains—is a common point-of-focus among four of five poetry collections from Walla Walla, Washington's Hand to Mouth Books. They feature poems with titles such as; "The Snake River, June 2nd, 2012” (Joshua Lew McDermott), “Cannon Beach” (Teri Zipf), “The View from Manashtash Ridge” (Stephen Thomas), and “Walking Along a Nature Trail in Wenatchee, Washington, the Poets Speak of Unimportant Matters” (Dennis Held).
Kudos to poet, editor, and publisher Charles Potts for creating Hand to Mouth Books centered in Walla Walla, Washington. He is doing a commendable job presenting poetry from our northwestern corner of the nation to the world.
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