The Hut Beneath the Pine:  Tea Poems
Daniel Skach-Mills is an award-winning poet whose work has appeared in numerous publications and anthologies including: "The Christian Science Monitor;" "Sojourners;" "Sufi" magazine; and "Prayers to Protest:  Poems That Center and Bless Us" (Pudding House, 1998).  His book, "The Tao of Now" (Ken Arnold Books, 2008) was listed as one of the "150 outstanding Oregon poetry books" for Oregon's sesquicentennial in 2009; and "In This Forest of Monks" (2012) was a double finalist in both the Poetry and Spirituality categories of the 2013 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.  "In This Forest of Monks" also received Honorable Mention in the Writer's Digest 21st Annual Book Awards.  Daniel's latest collection, "Manzou" (a Chinese farewell that means "slow down;" "linger longer;" "don't hurry off in such a rush!") is slated for publication in November, 2013. A volunteer docent for Lan Su Chinese Garden  since 2005, Daniel was invited to Mexico City, Mexico in 2009 to give a two-day presentation on Classical Chinese Gardens and Taoism.  He lives with his partner in Portland, Oregon.