These poems were born in the ups and downs of the "here and now": hot air balloon rides, an afternoon jog, the everyday beauty of the natural world, yoga, Impressionist art, a global pandemic, and the inadequacy of words. And yet, these poems are ever looking forward to when the "there and then" joins the "here and now," on Earth.

Susan Delaney Spear is an associate professor of English at Colorado Christian University. She is the author of Beyond All Bearing (Resource, 2018) and the coauthor of Learning the Secrets of English Verse (2022).