Afaa Michael Weaver is the author of eleven previous poetry collections, including Timber and Prayer: The Indian Pond Poems, My Father’s Geography, and The Plum Flower Dance: Poems 1985 to 2005. He is Alumnae Professor of English at Simmons College in Boston. Weaver is the recipient of an NEA fellowship, a Pew fellowship, and a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts fellowship. He has been awarded a Pushcart Prize and a Fulbright scholar appointment, among other honors.

Books by Afaa Michael Weaver:

Other poems on the web by Afaa Michael Weaver:
Four poems
Seven poems
"Mo's Seafood"
"Leaves"

Afaa Michael Weaver's Website.

Afaa Michael Weaver According to Wikipedia.

About The Government of Nature:

"In these nuanced, sobering, and beautifully cadenced poems, the poet tries to deal with haunting, mysterious voices of past, present, and future—whether of fear, anxiety, joy, love, or hope. Reconciling East and West, he achieves solacing harmony and tranquility. A marvelous work."
—Ching-Hsi Perng