Four Hands : Green Gulch Poems

by Diana Saltoon

25 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Diana Saltoon has traveled extensively, studied yoga, and in the 1970s developed a program that dealt with modern stress. Her interest in Zen led to a study of Chado, The Way of Tea, as a Zen art and received a certificate of Chamei from the Urasenke School in Kyoto, Japan. Diana became a teacher at the Portland Wakai Tea Association in Oregon before moving with her husband, Robert Briggs, to New York in 2011. They returned to Portland, Oregon, in 2014. A member of Zen communities in Oregon and New York, Diana continues to give presentations, classes and workshops on the Zen Art of Tea. Diana co-authored "Wife, Just Let Go: Zen, Alzheimer's, and Love," with her late husband, Robert Briggs. She is the author of Tea and Ceremony: Experiencing Tranquility (2004), The Common Book of Consciousness (1990), and Four Hands: Green Gulch Poems (1987).

Reviews

[Jacob D. Salzer]

A truly beautiful book of poetry by Diana Saltoon. Her sensitivity and insights come through in her work. She has a delicate touch, yet her work also often carries deep psychological insights. I especially appreciate her poetry that involves nature. I highly recommend Four Hands.

Reviewed by Jacob D. Salzer, author of Sea Wind: Haiku (Lulu, 2025), My First Trip to Japan (Lulu, 2025), Maui Wind (Lulu, 2025), A Lost Prophet: Haiku & Tanka (Brooks Books, 2024), and Unplugged: Haiku & Tanka (Lulu, 2022)