Why Trees Stay Outside, the latest poetry collection by Terry Tierney, releases today through Unsolicited Press. Through evocative imagery and multifaceted voices, Tierney’s collection delves into the complex relationship between humans, nature, and society. With sharp turns of phrase and emotional depth, his poems invite readers to question assumptions and seek redemption amid social and ecological turmoil.

Tierney’s work has been praised for its vivid language, introspective themes, and masterful craft:

"With a fine ear and a sharp eye, Terry Tierney soars and dives into the conundrums of living we didn’t realize but need to know. In Why Trees Stay Outside, the final waiting room, affection turned inside-out, raw wind, man disassembled, aliened, then put back together again with heart. His turns of phrase will stay with you—a masterful book of poems--Bravo Terry!"
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Bruce Isaacson, Emeritus Poet Laureate, Clark County, Nevada

"Terry Tierney’s Why Trees Stay Outside beats an enduring pulse of loss and love, pain and wonder in counterpoint with the ecological and political chaos of this time. Delicate recollections that span across generations of experience merge with tender acceptance of what is to form a reverence as complexly layered and awakeningly clear as the oscillations of a struck bell. Tierney shows us how photographs are ghosts, how “a gopher chants recipes / from her pulpit of sifted loam”, how “islands / punch through the fog like knuckles”, how the “sappy redwood drools / pooling in ice between roots”, and how life gushes on in prismatic filagree no matter how much we might lose in the process. Like a jewel in an echo chamber, this collection of skillfully crafted poems, rich with arresting imagery and lyrical language, leaves a lingering sparkle in the mind." —Maw Shein Win, author of Storage Unit for the Spirit House (Omnidawn)

"Why Trees Stay Outside is a delightful exploration of innocent questions, earned curiosities, and fugitive answers. Terry Tierney plays expert words into poems." —Kim Shuck, 7th Poet Laureate of San Francisco Emerita
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About the Author
Terry Tierney is an accomplished poet and novelist, with works including The Poet’s Garage and Lucky Ride. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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