Ocean of Clouds: Poems and yet we also know

and yet we also know that excess weight starves us of years and quality of life

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

As Paulo Coelho explains

is mainstream

and despite being self-assured at work

Ocean of Clouds: Poems and yet we also knowIn his fourth book of poems, award winning poet Garrett Hongo sees coastlines and waters, skylines and ancestral lines for what they inspire and teach. In a surpassingly beautiful collection of poems, with his characteristic long lined, rolling music, Hongo is alert to the possibilities of individual moments of perception and grace in the landscapes of his life, whether waiting for a ferry in Balboa after a writing workshop ("An oil slick from a yacht