“Reimagine by Richard Lee Harris is a remarkable collection of poems by a man who grew up in log cabins without electricity, indoor plumbing, or running water along the Skagit River deep in the North Cascade Mountains of Washington State where his perceptions and language were shaped by the grandeur of nature and the culture of backwoods loggers and Native Americans. In his retirement years, he has returned to his passion of loving words, studying poetry at the University of Iowa’s well-known Summer Writing Festival. A regular reader of his works at public forums and events, he comes to poetry from the enchantment of sound, rhythm, image, and emotion—manifesting the best sense of the word amateur, from Latin amator (“I love”).”
—Don Duffy, Professor emeritus, Central Oklahoma University
“With this collection of poems, Richard Lee Harris invites us to reimagine events that have become part of a rich life that began in the Upper Skagit River Valley in northwest Washington State and have taken him around the world. He introduces us to a series of environments where we can wander, appreciating the elegance of nature along with the clash of cultures. Some of the journeys are leisurely strolls through ancient neighborhoods. Some are brief encounters where we become aware of the complexity that lies beneath each moment we experience.”
—Jim Milstead, PhD (ret.), University of California-Berkeley