This revised 2023 edition contains work that was found in the collection Requited Ecstasy and other poetry that was formerly not included in From the Tree. I hope this to be a complete anthology, which in combination with Love in the Time of Covid, represents the majority of my poetry. This work is all pre-covid and pre-death of my mother, one event which changed the world and one my perception of the world. If you are holding this work in your hands, I hope that it gives some epiphany into the wonder and horror at the simplicity of simply being alive.