Rare Feathers: Poems on Birds & Art collects poems by three dozen Santa Barbara area poets inspired by the FLOCK exhibit of contemporary art curated by Nancy Gifford at Ganna Walska Lotusland.
Edited by Nancy Gifford, Chryss Yost, and George Yatchisin, Rare Feathers contributors include Ronald Aden Alexander, Diane August, Domenica Bianca, Gudrun Bortman, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Kurt Brown, Mary Brown, Susan Chiavelli, Garth Craven, Jacqueline Craven, Fran Davis, Carol DeCanio, Michelle Detorie, John Elliott, Kimbrough Ernest, Tessa Flanagan, Friday Gretchen, Lucille Janssen, Richard Jarrette, Gabriella Klein, Lois Klein, Wendy Wilder Larsen, Perie Longo, Glenna Luschei, Kathee Miller, Enid Osborn, Melinda Palacio, Christine Penko, John Ridland, RBS, Sojourner Kincaid Rolle, Linda Saccoccio, Fernando Salinas, George Singer, Emma Trelles, Mark Whitehurst, George Yatchisin, and Chryss Yost.