The poems in Each Time, a Forest speak to the reader from the world that sits behind the world, a world that comes into dreams, during times of illness, and at the end of life. It also considers times of deep change when we may be living among packed boxes, or when the impact we face from climate change and other challenging events in the world take center stage. Here, bears, sheep, stars and forests come close in a way that opens the door into a deep wisdom, one which may help us in finding paths through the ordinary world and its sometimes extraordinary difficulties. This collection includes the pantoum Water and Straw which earned first place honors in the Poetry category of the Soul Making Keats Literary Competition.