The layers of life, heart, struggle and triumph intermingle with nature's rhythms and tides on four continents in Shades of Green. Robert Yehling's 132-page collection of poems and essays captures raw, rich moments experienced and expressed in European castles, the Italian Alps, Machu Picchu, the Himalayas, Hopi mesas, an Apollo astronaut's pet moon rock, a dying youth's love of ping-pong, the eyes of a warrior's son, the bodies of lovers, and more. For the past two decades, the author has read these poems at coffee houses, bookstores, retreats, private and sacred gatherings in the United States, Europe, South America and Nepal. Now, for the fi rst time, they come together in this special mini-anthology.