Open the cover of this book and embark on a poetic journey that captures the impermanence that sculpts our world, the fragile balance between creation and decay. Witness a nursing home that succumbs to nature's embrace, feel the desert sands reclaiming an abandoned town, and explore an estate sale revealing musty rooms filled with orphaned excess. Each poem in this collection is a brushstroke in a carefully painted scene that reminds us that life's creations are fleeting. The poetry in Valerie Macon's Chasing After the Wind will linger in your thoughts long after the last page is turned.