Sky, Empty of Birds is an atmospheric collection of poems set between earth and sky, nature and mind, and self and other. Succinct, prayerlike stanzas evocative of Zen Buddhist kans invite us to wander a real yet unreal dreamscape of meadows, flowers, trees, rivers, mountains, and beyond to the cosmos of earth, moon, sun, and stars. Observe a shepherd and his childlike companion-the zero-live out their awareness in the passing moments of nature, with eyes open and closed, gazing both into the world and into our selves.