A Thousand Flowers is a beautifully contemplative collection - Some of Heather Ann Schmidt's finest work. Inspired by such poets as Hafiz and Rumi, Schmidt cultivates a variety of spiritually divine poems that are as elegant and delicate as flowers themselves. Schmidt also has a way of using rich imagery, color and nostalgia in her work, which allows each sentimental piece to blossom in ones mind's eye. Many of the poems delve into the celestial and the soul like the poem, The Star: Break me open / Like the inside of a star / Filled with little fires / Of pastel vapor and darkness. This body of original work fills readers with her reach of passion, a passion that echoes a timeless conversation.