Sometimes a Wild God - the book

From the moment the book arrived I have been captivated. I have not had the experience of falling for something so quickly as the poem which will stay with me for life. Sometimes a Wild God, is a unique find, an obscure revelation, a true treasure and I know will be one of the best things I ever memorize!

Thank you for this configuration of words, Tom. I also figured the Wild God would enjoy being amongst my coneflowers.

The verse in this book is so powerful I have yet to find the words to describe its effect on me and I’m a poet! Pure magic!!!! Thank you Tom and Rima!!! I’ve invited the Wild God back to my table....

This poem is just STUNNING, and its packaging in this small, perfect book with its evocative illustrations is just lovely. I am so happy to own this, and I will certainly be gifting copies to friends in the future! I happened to receive this package minutes after a friend brought me a bag of coffee. It turns out, the dark roast complemented the poem nicely;).

I've always loved this poem and having printed it off and keeping it on a sheet did not do it justice. Having this sweetly produced book with Rima's amazing images makes it perfect. Recommend it highly!

A very touching poem that spoke to something old inside of me. I especially liked the format and the touch of the paper. Wonder why I haven't ordered more copies to spread it among friends

This book is wonderful read out loud. Such a treat!!

Delightful little book, which arrived very promptly.

Lovely little book,puts you right back into the wild,which is refreshing to the Soul. It's more than a book it's a work of art and something to cherish in the years to come and to share with my Grandchildren.

Oh have this book in your home, give it to your friends, and foes. Frame the poster of it and hang it in halls. It is a raw velvet voice from inside your bones, shaking and rattling and comforting to the core.

A wonderful little book. I look forward to my next purchase

Efficient service and a wonderful copy to treasure. Very pleased.

I love this book and have bought a few for friends as gifts. Stunning poetry, evocative, challenging, truly inspirational

The book and the illustrations are beautifully made, the poem is simply stunning. Thanks!

This book came in excellent condition, well packed for it's journey across the pond. It's beautiful and a very textile experience. I am familiar enough with the content but the size, page quality, art and everything just adds to a wonderful reading experience. If you enjoy collecting beautiful poetry books to read this is the book for you.

I am always a bit hesitant when I place an international order, but I HAD to have a copy of SOMETIMES A WILD GOD by Tom Hirons! Hedgespoken fulfilled my order in a timely fashion and my book arrived safe and sound! Thank you! <3

I love this little book, each page gives me pause. To wonder about the beautiful of the text and illustrations. The book is beautifully printed. Small enough to slip in a coat pocket, to steal out and read for a minute, to give you comfort on a long day.

I ordered it, sure. But it was still a pleasant surprise when a small package showed up in my post office box. An envelope really, it felt more substantial than it's size. Two small books came out of the envelope, and a couple of cards & a note. This package was exactly what I was hoping for. My ideal is a book that is condensed down. Wisdom captured with fewer words. I spend a lot of time away from walls & vehicles, with a pack on my back, and so I'm careful what books I throw in my pack. Both books were written by Tom Hirons, with artwork by Rima Staines. They are beautifully designed; small gifts from another place. I wish I knew more about the place where these books came from, but that just leaves more to my imagination. One book is a poem: Sometimes a Wild God, and the other is a poetic account of subsisting for a year on nettles, among other things. That one is called Nettle-Eater. I saw a brief mention of these books passing through my twitter feed, and I took a chance and ordered them. I'm glad I did. These are books for tossing in a pack when you head out for a day or even a couple of nights. Tom & Rima's work says something to me. Something of the wild, something of the magic that living in their world bestows upon us. I can tell you that I'll treasure these small books. On a warm spring day at my campsite in Sequoia National Park, and future days at other campsites. Do yourself a wild favor: order both of these books. They'll be good for you.

'Sometimes...' really shook me up at a moment when life was feeling mundane. The recording of Tom Hirons reading the poem on YouTube is well worth the listen, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5lJnbB4woQ

Well-made and beautifully written, I cherish my Hedgespoken book! Highly recommended - what's not to love?

Thank you for this wonderful tale! Beautifully done!

A little bit of magic.

I bought this for a dear dear man who Is journeying in a hard and dark place. It was the first offering to break through to him in a long time. He says it’s good, which from him is the highest praise. It is becoming part of the slow-made fabric of a life. These are words of power.

Read "Sometimes a Wild God" for Good Friday service last night. Some love it, some were a bit bamboozled. But it's OPK to be discombobulated on Good Friday. Thank you for this beautiful poem and illustrations.

Perfect birthday present for a dear friend!

Sometimes a Wild God I love this poem!!! It speaks to me on many levels and I plan to buy more for gifts!

Moving This, on the surface, is a fast read. Then read it again slowly. Then read it slower still and find a complex story with chapters that change with each moment. Oh, and the illustrations are phenomenal!

Really extraordinary Smoky, unsettling, and a perfect antidote to city life.

Beautiful Sometimes, A wild god enters your home, unannounced, and whispers of his existence in a dream. Sometimes, you'll have to pick up the poem that tells about him, not because you felt compelled by magic to do so, but because it is beautifully written, illustrated, and will be a cherished keepsake. It's pocket sized, so you can take its wisdom anywhere. Do yourself a favor and pick up a copy. =)

I could get lost in this poem. Tbh, I don't read much poetry or highbrow fiction, I'm more of a popularist fan. But this poem really fascinated me when someone introduced us and I bought two copies of the beautiful book, one for me and one to introduce another to the wild god. Thank you.

An achingly beautiful poem Imagine my surprise when an old friend, a Lakota Sioux Elder read the poem to me at a Men's gathering a few weeks ago. I told him I knew Tom Hirons and we were blown away by the synchronicity.

Sometimes a Wild God This poem is one of the most moving poems I've ever read. A magnificent piece of work that for me addresses fundamental issues of who we are in our "civilized world" and warns perhaps of the cost of forgetting the Wild God inside of me.

Sometimes a Wild God I love this little book. It.sits next to me and my favorite chair. It's like where the wild things are and little bear if they had a baby. My favorites of childhood. Wild God is my favorite grown up book. Thank you. Emily Bolander

Excellent! Very good on all levels

Phenomenal, powerful, beautiful and real. A poem for the people and for the ages.

Undecided I love this poem, and the illustrations. The book is beautifully presented. So why have I given it four instead of five stars ? I think, because I am not quite sure I fully understand it. There is something elusive about it. But then again, that is my problem, and also why it appeals to me so much ! Excuse me,I'm just going to read it again.

My new favourite poem A friend found this book read by its author on YouTube and I instantly had a connection with it. Its now on my mantle piece below the framed poster of it , pride of place in my home. I am always sharing this with friends and family and everyone loves it as much of me. A huge thanks to Tim Hiron and Rima Staines for sharing this with the world.

Beautiful Poem An absolutely gorgeous poem that mixes old and new concepts and surrounding and carries you along on the wild trip along with the main character. Love it.

A little pretentious Excellent, best when read aloud.

Excellent service , magical poem This little book is beautifully presented and the tale makes me laugh , cry and think deeply.

poem Very nice little volumn, with good woodcuts illustrating a wonderfully surreal poem. Just the right size and handy to slip inside the birthday card to a pagan friend.

A powerful, moving poem and beautifully illustrated too This is a beautiful little publication containing a powerful, moving and visceral poem. The illustrations add something special too. I'm very grateful to Tom and Rima for producing this. Thanks you.

Sometimes A Wild God I loved this book! I had read the poem online and was very happy I could order it in print form. Great illustrations too; a treasure from a small, independant press.

Sometimes a wild God An amazing poem with wonderful art work. It mad a good escape after a lond day.

Sometimes a Wild God To say that I "liked" it (said poem) would be an understatement. I've wondered what I could possibly write here, so I'll simply repeat what I said to a friend to whom I gave the second copy I ordered: "I'm not a religious person. Not at all. But if anything were to describe what constitutes for me a sense of the spiritual, then this poem encapsulates it."

sometimes a wild god I loved this book, it touched me with the pain of recognition and a yearning for this wild connection. It reminded me that it’s there and nature can meet me in it’s rawness, in my rawness. So I bought six and gave them away at christmas Thank you.

Sometimes a Wild God - the book Beautiful book, I bought some copies as Christmas gifts, such a treasure contained in a small brown book.

Beautifully produced ittle book. Lovely paper,  Amazing illustration & achingly beautiful  poem. 

Sometimes A Wild God This poem speaks to the wildness within us - it shocks and surprises, but most of all lures us into the wilderness to become part of it and make us yearn for it. I find this poem fabulous and fantastic.

Sometimes a Wild God The Wild God is delightful and mysterious. It raises joy from broken hearts and promises to come back..though when, we know not. Thank you Tom and Rima, I shall come back to this book again and again..

Beautiful, as always! I truly love the poem, "Sometimes A Wild God", and having it in book, as well as poster form is perfect! Currently looking for a picture framer to do this lovely poster justice..thank you so very much for the beauty you bring into the world!!

I thought i was getting a book of poetry I ordered this book because I love the poem, sometimes a wild god. How cool, whoever wrote that probably wrote a bunch of other stuff I'd enjoy! To my surprise the book was comprised of only the one poem. Still very sweet, with nice illustrations, delivered in a very timely fashion.

A Wild God Kissed my Eyes This poem, and the way it has been illustrated and made into a book, is a small and ravishing delight. Reminding us of what we are (part of the great beast that is the Earth) and of what we have forgotten (our own sweet wildness) although it is written by, and perhaps for, a man - this woman found it moving and enlivening and that it speaks to her own anima/animal. I love this poem. So I read it out loud to my love, and I bought another copy for my adult son for christmas, and it made my sister cry, and I cannot recommend it highly enough. Buy this beautiful poem and read it over and over, and just maybe the Wild God might arrive at your door.

Sometimes a Wild God I bought this as a Christmas gift for a friend. Her thank you note says: 'I keep reading that poetry book - it's really touched me somehow.' I now need to buy my own....

Warm service Quick, kind, warm -- the whole process felt like I was ordering from good friends. Thank you!

It is so good I am now buying for friends Last year I bought a copy of this amazing little book. This year I have bought two more copies so my best friends can share the magic

When A Wild God visits I've just bought my 3rd copy of this lovely little poem/book to give as Yule gifts......it's been very well received, in face one recipient in the UK has plans to attend some of the shows put on by this group of very talented folk.

Just what I anticipated I am very thrilled to have this piece of work in my hands to read and remind me anytime, anywhere. I look forward to future stories from Tom Hirons and will forever admire the artworks of Rima Staines. A match made in the cosmos well before we awoke.

Sometimes A Wild God Inspiring work.

A Wild God Fantastic! Love it! Will be buying more for friends.

Beautiful poem in nice little book and poster A beautiful poem, which speaks to a very deep layer of the psyche. The illustrations are wonderful, and completely in accordance with the text. The book itself is as essential as the text and illustration - nothing fancy but honest and winsome. I gave several friends a copy, and they all love it.

Yumminess This is such a lovely book. I think I bought 5 last year, and another 4 this year. And you folks are a delight to engage with. Thank you so much for all that you are

Sometimes a Wild God This little book is overflowing with an immensity of poetry. The words and images bust out of the pages and grab hold of you. The "wild god" who visits brings life. Let him in.

Deep masculine This is the deep masculine calling. A wonderful, strange adventure into the wilderness. Read it and be changed.

Moss on my soul swells and greens on the rich earth of such a poem. With so many being disconnected from our natural world and our natural selves, the world needs such art and poetry now more than ever. Rima Staines' illustrations extol intimate, hearth-sitting wonders so we don't forget.

Sometimes a Wild God Powerful, wild, dark, passionate, exhausting, cleansing!

Sometimes a Wild God This was the best thing I'd read all year. And then it arrived in the post and became the best thing I'd read, and felt and sifted through (over and over) all year. Thank you, Godspeed x

Lovely poem, exquisite book I had never heard of Sometimes A Wild God until I attended a talk by Simon King, the wildlife expert, and he read it in honour of World Poetry Day. I was entranced by the imagery and I decided to buy my own copy. What a beautifully produced book, and what thought-provoking words. I recommend this poem to everyone.

Sometimes A Wild God Beautifully produced copy of a moving poem.

Sometimes A Wild God Stunning, incredibly moving and inspiring, a beautifully crafted publication I will treasure lifelong.

Mind blowing poem I saw this poem shared on Facebook and decided to get a hard copy. I did actually think I was buying an anthology, not just this one poem, but, hey! anyone who writes a poem like that deserves a few quid. And it's beautifully produced with art. I read it out to a gathering who were equally blown away by it.

Sometimes a Wild God A treasure of a book in every way, words and illustrations that wrap you with their magic and carry you off to another time and place and conjures the very essence of ancient things. x

Inspiring poem, stunning images, is having a subtle, yet powerful effect in nourishing ways.

Love this poem Bought this poem having read one verse / page shared on facebook, I knew I would like it in just 5 lines, it arrived, then a friend did, and I read it aloud to her for the first time not knowing what unfolded as my mouth moved, it moved us both, tears rolled slowly and I was left with earthy smells in my nostrils and a feeling of catharsis, thanks.

Arrived quickly and with kind words. A really lovely and inspiring poem. Everyone should read it.

Perfection This sweetest and most profound of poems came in a little book that I cherish. I hope to commit it to memory soon. It is beautifully illustrated. Thank you.

Excellent! Beautiful poem and a beautiful little chap book. I loved this book. It will have a place on my altar for devotional work. Thank you.

Sometimes a Wild God What a beautiful little work of art. Thank you!

Sometimes a Wild God Read to, buy for, give this extraordinary poem to every single person you know. Do not HESITATE…..I have bought copies for many friends and I have also given it to people that I meet on the street. The poem is life changing, it will awaken a pool of memory that is hidden in YOUR heart!

magic this is a magic book - I have bought it for many friends too and we all love it.

Sometimes a wild god This little book has pride of place on my fireside mantelpiece. I seek solace in it when the world gets too much ❤️

Beautiful poem, perfectly complimented by the artwork.

Beautifully made ... Completely worthy of the poem it contains, which rips my heart out every single time I read it, even still. Wonderful little book. I bought two . . . I'm just waiting for the right person to come along to gift the second one to them.

A Special Experience Thank you, Tom and Rima -- I'm grateful to you for this gift.

Incredible. Wonderful poem and beautiful artwork in a stunning little book.

Sometimes A wild God This is the type of amazing piece that I had to own. Not only is it incredible, but it has such depth and meaning for me... that I actually read this in ritual and on special occasions. This is a work I plan to memorize so that I may recite it offhand! Beautiful!

Sometimes You know, sometimes you read the opening line of a poem and know you must read the entire thing. When this little book arrived in my hands I knew it was something breathtaking...I couldn't stop crying the whole time I read it and I'm still unsure why.

Excellent craftsmanship Thoroughly enjoying your sublime poem and accompanying art. I am so very pleased. I worked for the University of Iowa Press many, many moons ago and one of the esteemed managers designed and produced works of art on a small hand press. Small press production is swiftly becoming a lost art. Thank you for this lovely reminder of who and where we come from. Warmest regards, Dave Gerdes

I loved the little chapbook and illustrations. If you love the poem, you owe this to yourself. If someone else loves the poem, they will love this!

Beauty, craftsmanship and ancient ties I read the poem: Sometimes a wild god, in its beautiful little book form, from a friend. I immediately went online that night to buy it for myself. I don't buy anything online. But this, small piece of love of man and our infinite possibility, in book form spoke so loudly to me and transported me to times past, I wanted to have it with me. The same I would say of the Wayfarer's Year calendar. It is so reassuring to know there are others out there who feel our connection to old ways. More amazing still that Rima and Tom are so in touch with this force that runs deep, and that together they create their beautiful work. Thank you.

Resonates in your bones This poem was shared on Facebook, and I tracked it to its source. I love how this book combines the poetry and art. I ended up buying two without knowing who the other copy would go to, but knowing it should be shared. Sure enough, I realized the perfect recipient in one of my friends. Thank you for creating such a wonderful piece of art that stirs the gut and the heart.

Sometimes A Wild God This poem touches that wild part of the human soul and we recognise in the imagery the raw depth of Nature within . If this doesn't happen when you first read the poem. then maybe this needs to be read again and again until the soul unites with it. Wonderful. Magical - I rave boldly!

Sometimes a Wild God A friend first read the poem to me and I was struck with tears. I wanted to own my own copy that included the original artwork so I went online and found Hedgespoken Press. The ordering was easy using PayPal and the delivery was prompt. Thank you poet....artist..and press.

Sometimes a wild god Love this book, it's a poem that creates images in the mind and not all poems do that for me. Love the size, paper and illustrations. If you haven't read it buy it now! It's a treat

Love it! Beautifully written and illustrated! The perfect gift.

A Gem delivered so quickly! Received the wonderful little gem of the book so very promptly. Keep it at hand for continued reading! Thanks so much!

My Wild God Now a daily reading - truly wonderful in every way.

Met Me Where I Am This poem creeped into my life in the strangest way - and spoke to me on a level that needed attention. The artwork is beautiful and the construction of the book is very natural. The Wild God is definitely working on bringing the dead back to life!

Such a wonderful little book with such a big heart I am giving out copies as gifts and folks are loving it. Thanks for such a precious and endearing look at the wild god(s). Katrina

Joy in the mail The illustrations and words are so beautiful as is the quality of the design and paper - love it completely!