“All things are bound together. All things connect.”
— Chief Seattle
“We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.”
— Dakota
In maybe one of the most alluring covers I’ve ever seen for a book of poems, John C. Mannone’s book “Sacred Flute” (Iris Press, 2024, 77 pgs.) — with a photo of an indigenousYuma musician taken sometime around 1900 — makes you want to turn the page and see what’s on the inside.