It is a pleasure to announce that our judge, Carl
Dennis, has chosen Coyote Bush by Peter Nash as
the winner of the 2011 Off The Grid Press prize
for poets over sixty.
We thank everyone who helped make this book possible.
Coyote Bush is a book that pays homage to the earth. Nash praises stars and their constellations, clouds and the wind and on earth, the horses, cows, deer, and dogs, who blessedly live without language. In these poems of place, Nash traces and retraces his time-worm paths into the hills of Northern California. He is content at times just to watch the light change or lie down in the hollow a pregnant doe has made the night before. These are poems of refuge but also of the discovery -- Nash finds his place among the elements, firmly rooted between earth and sky.
*All contestants will receive an announcement and book order form in the mail.
