In a world whose major institutions dominate, dehumanize, restrain and yoke the human spirit in their deadly civilizing work, these poems sing about being and becoming human. They give voice to the cycles of creativity, love, sorrow, transformation and courageous action in the world. They breathe an earthy spirituality, both sensitive and sensual, attuned to the passion and pain of life. They express the human desire for freedom from all forms of bondage and point toward resistance as work of the body, mind and spirit essential for loving community and personal freedom.