After living on the Arabian Peninsula and the Tibetan Plateau, in the Everglades (as a poet-in-residence), in Macau, Thailand, and Chengdu, China-a city so polluted the sun seldom breaks through the smog to shine-Diana Woodcock now follows Christina Georgina Rossetti's mandate, "Tread softly! All the earth is holy ground." This, her third collection of poems, was inspired by it. Perhaps for a poet who grew up memorizing nature psalms of the Old Testament and singing "This is My Father's World," it was inevitable that her poetry eventually would take a turn toward ecological concerns, merging her spirituality with her love for all earthly beings.About the Author: Diana Woodcock is the author of six chapbooks and two poetry collections, Under the Spell of a Persian Nightingale (Word Poetry Books, 2015) and Swaying on the Elephant's Shoulders (winner of the 2010 Vernice Quebodeaux International Women's Poetry Prize/Little Red Tree Publishing). She is an Associate Professor of English in Qatar at Virginia Commonwealth University's branch campus, where she teaches composition, creative writing, and environmental literature. Prior to teaching in Qatar, she worked for nearly eight years in Tibet, Macau, and on the Thai/Cambodian border.