Green Flash Sunset by Billie Nelson

A reader might spy this poet, as neighbors spied Emily Dickinson, gardening by moonlight on a summer evening in the flower beds behind her house, might watch this poet lift and bless two deep red carrots, and be thankful for the tenderness Billie Nelson shines upon our world.
~Sandra Alcosser, author of Except by Nature

Click beetle, Indian paintbrush, lobster, red ant, tulip, Billie Nelson’s Green Flash Sunset is full of the creatures of her home country. Octopus, cloth moth, gold finch, emu, porcelain angels, hummingbird, this book is a delight.

~Peter Sears, author of Green Diver

I’m drawn to these clear “country” poems and the direct light they shine on the world, its insects, sea creatures, and above all its flowers. In the spirit of traditional elegy, they quietly mourn a death in the family, and sing of the life that goes on beyond it.

~Joseph Millar, author of Blue Rust

Rating: *****  [5 of 5 Stars!]