Book excerpt: "I hold her teahouse poems more gently than I do most in my hands." - Kathy Kituai, award-winning tanka poet and diarist "Exquisite and glorious" - Lizz Murphy, award-winning poet and poetry performer "Perfectly poised work. A remarkable book." - Peter O'Mara, artist and poet "A lovely production, perfectly suited to your spare, elegant poems." - Chris Mansell, poet, teacher and poetry publisher "A much needed story of old age told by a master poet." - Dorothy Bysouth The Tea House Poems is the latest collection of poetry from Venie Holmgren.