Lorraine Schechter"s poems, like the seasons, come in cycles. In the twenty plus years she"s been writing poetry, she has enjoyed fertile periods filled with words, interspersed with the language of paint, and more recently, the cello. Like the seasons of her beloved New Mexico, her poems offer a rich range of color, mood, and texture. "This collection of poems comes from a six-year period when the need to write was as urgent as the need for water or food," she says. "I wrote almost daily, much of the time in my journal, but also in the language of rhythm and image joined with the pleasure in word and sound that said "poem." The themes are those of a woman at mid-life and reveal my passions: art and nature, family and friends, meditation and yoga." Inspired by her close connection to the earth, immersed in her work in the studio, and committed to her meditation/yoga practice, Lorraine Schechter is a woman who says YES to life.