Bamboo Equals Loon
by Anita K. Boyle

• Publisher: Egress Studio Press
• Year: 2001
• Pages: 32
• Binding: stapled, square-spine wrap
• Size: 5.125" x 8.375"
• Out of print

Bamboo Equals Loon is my first published book, and an early one published through my imprint Egress Studio Press. It was a learning experience to create and publish a book like this, and it was the inspiration for my publishing enterprises.

Sometime in the future, I plan to create some kind of video or e-book for each book I've published. I'll begin with the ones that that have gone out of print, like this one. Many poetry-lovers are keen to hear the poet him- or herself read their own poems. They say it adds several more layers and depth to the poems they might miss while reading the book to themselves. I agree. But first, the poem must stand on its own.

Here are a few poems from Bamboo Equals Loon, including the title poem.