Native illuminates the roots that reside within the heart of being human. It reflects on the inspiration that dwells in authentic relationships with people, place and nature. Poems emanate from a source, where on earth, seasons are teachers and fire, rain and water have value and meaning. Across the earth, colors and sounds of other lands, regardless of language, speak to universal sensitivities that all people share. Poems in Native , paint pictures that resonate with life across the earth, in other cultures, in forests and rivers and observations in everyday life. That which is authentic and organic is native. The author takes readers from the soul's perspective to Native peoples' stories to women from Sicily, Ecuador, women who give birth and the essence of a newborn.