Laurie W. Stoelting lauries@sonic.net English no personal website United States Laurie W. Stoelting likes to write while she is out walking. She observes nature, combining the external with the internal landscape. Her haiku have won awards. LIGHT ON THE MOUNTAIN is her collection of poems from Mt. Tamalpais, published in autumn 2000. The mountain is the highest point surrounding San Francisco Bay. Sales of this chapbook benefit the mountain's historic West Point Inn. Since 1994 Laurie's work has appeared in various venues in the U.S., Britain and Japan. She lives in Mill Valley CA with her husband Eric. They have two grown children who are in and out. She teaches swimming and water exercise.

rounding one switchback rounding another wren trill	again the finch's warble these woods are rich with purple iris
the single rivulet how slowly a pond lets go	cabbage butterflies sometimes I just watch their whiteness
summer solstice the heron turns away from his shadow	rhythm of the stream retracing my path in darkness
moonrise night swells the sound of the creek	whitewater it took the moonlight to show me