I dedicate this compilation of recent verses to all the wolves that must strike out alone in search of new lives.

I am deeply grateful to Harrison Inefuku at Iowa State University’s Parks Library for his assistance in publishing this collection and to Bree Zlee Bodnar, Ann Brokelman, Larry Dau, Rex Heer, Larry Henry, Mary Kline-Misol, Adam Lane, Judith Meyer, John Pearson, Kelly Poole, Tracy Tucker, and Matt Wetrich for helping me winnow and refine too many photos of pine bark.