What Is Birthed to the Earth Travels Far is a journal-like exploration of natureÕs curative magic. It celebrates the delights of daily life while illuminating the sadness of loss, and the remarkable buoyancy of recovery. These poems span McClungÕs miscarriages, the birth of her son, and her initiation into motherhood.
The colors and textures in this collection are suffused with the energy of the Pacific Northwest and the Sonoran DesertÑlandscapes as distinct as they are evocative. Emerging from those disparate landscapes, McClungÕs poems take the reader on an awareness-shifting journey over unexpected terrain. Throughout, her irrepressible optimism reveals a reverence for the natural world and its remarkable ability to comfort and heal.