Erik Black: 3 books

This is my second poetry book, following glacial dreams. Here are more poems of nature, dreams, children, and the struggles and hopes of life. For all the poems I write, there are many more in the pool of dreams waiting for ink and inspiration. These are my gift to the world. Thanks for reading them,...

My poems are written for myself alone. As such, they are now given freely to the world. I find that elements of the natural world run through my poetry, and it is in Nature that I am most deeply inspired and connected to the Creator. It is my hope that everyone who reads these poems will find many...

I lived for two years in a dusty village near the coast of Kenya, East Africa. I went with some thought of bringing change to the Duruma people, but in the end I was changed as much or more than anyone else. Each chapter of "The Trees Were Spinning" tells a short story or two from my time...