From Bottle Cap Press….

Poetry, chapbook, 28 pages, from Bottlecap Features.

This evocative collection of poems by Donna Castañeda explores the Sonoran Desert in Southern California/Northern Mexico, its immense age and beauty; the U.S.-Mexico border realities; and the natural world of this region. She observes in her poems how the landscape vibrates with a solitary beauty and quiet meaning. Desert windstorms, creatures both real and imaginary, and a landscape of richness and emptiness intertwine to create a new perspective on what it means to be of this area, one embedded in history, as well as the social, political, and environmental forces that shape contemporary responses to the border. Children, migration, water loss, and women’s unique lives are themes and both traditional and modern poetic forms are used to celebrate the natural environment, universalities of death and loss, loneliness, and finally, joy in lasting until the end to happily call out. . .