Hush, my little grandmother I am a woman come to speak for you.

Introduction] Working with these poems has been like opening a door to an old, well-beloved house; it feels so familiar and "of-course" that it's hard for me to remember that this is the first time I've seen these connections made in poetry--the fecundity of the earth; the spirit in its aspect of the Receptive, of the Feminine; the world-wide, centuries-long sisterhood of nurturance and growth--all so needed now, as the powers of domination and control squeeze this poor planet until it cracks.