First published in 2016 by September Publishing
This new edition published 2016
Copyright © Sharon Blackie 2016
The right of Sharon Blackie to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988.
The title of the book comes from a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke:
‘If we surrendered/to earth’s intelligence/we could rise up rooted, like trees.’,
from Rilke’s Book of Hours: Love Poems to God, trans. Anita Barrows and Joanna Macy
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright holder
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Printed in Denmark on paper from responsibly managed, sustainable sources by Norhaven
eISBN 978-1-910463-27-7
Kindle ISBN: 978-1-910463-26-0
September Publishing