"a thousand cranes / a thousand cranes of paper flying in a giant rippling cloud high in the sky / setting out to find their own waysShe, the artistpoet, once took a thousand sheets of paper & placed them on the old oak table, & in the warm lighting of deep afternoon where tiny particles of dust caught the light like a thousand prisms sparkling in the air, folded a thousand paper cranes / taking her time to make each one perfect / putting her heart & soul & love into her work, making each sheet of paper come alive with every fold / & when the cranes were finished, she released them into the world & let them fly free / releasing them so they could do what they had to do"A Thousand Cranes - Vol. 1 is a collection of 100 poems to inspire you and brighten your life.