When I Was the Wind: Ebook

“A new voice for these times . . . This work has a fascinating rhythm—bright and flowing, creating its own dance. As these extraordinary poems walk along the rivers, explore the deserts and mountains, sail the seas, and rediscover history, we take notice of our own fragility and that of the world. These poems are mile markers for a new road, carrying along all who join Jones on the journey. With an undercurrent of grit, there is just enough magic here to intrigue all who still want to believe in the best within us all.” —The Eric Hoffer Award

“Like stepping into a beautiful dream where women fly over orchards and we encompass the landscape. There are few collections of poems so meditative that I lose myself so deeply . . . When I Was the Wind is a remarkable and gorgeous debut collection—you will be better having read these poems.” —Kelli Russell Agodon, author of Dialogues with Rising Tides

“It’s as if the wind were choosing among possible bodies, possible lives, in which dirt and diamonds are indistinguishable.” —Red Pine (Bill Porter), translator and author of Finding Them Gone

“The poems instantly plunge the reader into primal, stark imagery that speaks of suffering and longing as well as love and the strength to either continue the quest onward or find one’s way back in hauntingly beautiful, sometimes heartbreaking impressions. . . . While this may be the author’s debut collection of poems, the wisdom held within its pages is immortal and particularly relevant in a world where many feel they have lost their way.” —US Review of Books