Following the success of her bestselling 2015 gift book The Wild in You: Voices from the Forest and the Sea, renowned poet Lorna Crozier offers another masterful collection of poems inspired by nature, this time set in the Frontenac Arch Biosphere Reserve in Southeastern Ontario.

"The House the Spirit Builds offers gorgeous synchronicity: the magic of one special place (Wintergreen), the grace of two sublime photographers (Peter Coffman and Diane Laundy), and the conjuring genius of a supremely gifted poet (Lorna Crozier). Much bigger than it looks, this is a book to savor-over and over again." -- Lawrence Scanlan, author of A Year of Living Generously

"The world might not need poetry, but the earth does-to substantiate it lyrically and redeem it from its current invisibility. By doing just that, these poems-in tandem with these photographs-constitute a worthy and beautiful tribute to Wintergreen, a place where the earth truly is seen, heard, felt, and protected. In the end, Lorna Crozier reminds us that living and creating well means following the example of the star-like ground flowers that choose 'over heaven / this common patch of earth.'" -- Steven Heighton, author of Afterlands