Every seed-each pinprick of promise in this green world-is a masterwork. And this Seed, this most recent collection of Janice Gould's poems, is unmistakably the work of a master.
-Paulann Petersen, Oregon Poet Laureate Emerita

I have admired Janice Gould's poetry for many years, and now the poems in Seed offer me even more to praise. Such lyric simplicity is hard-earned, and comes from a rare depth of experience.
-David Mason, author of The Sound: New and Selected Poems

Seed will open you to the sacred of the everyday. In it, Gould writes the ceremony that is our breath, our lives, our loves. For this gift, for these words, for this gorgeous collection, I am thankful.
-Lisa Tatonetti, author of The Queerness of Native American Literature

These are redolent poems, aromatherapy for the skittish soul. They literally made me laugh and cry. These are poems to breathe and live.
-Maria Melendez Kelson, author of Flexible Bones and How Long She'll Last in This World

Janice Gould's exquisite collection moves smoothly through love lyrics into narratives that tell stories of struggles as a lesbian in a hostile world. Poems are carefully linked together, leading the reader into a sequence rather than a random collection.
-Judith Barrington, author of Long Love: New & Selected Poems