Scientific and lyrical insights into stones and how they shaped us, with additional poems

“Searching Stones is a thought-provoking blend of science, philosophy, and cosmic meditations. This book offers unique thematic depth, a multidimensional reading experience, and a mesmerizing blend of poetry and prose that transcends genres. Collins’s words dance between the cosmic and the intimate, captivating readers at every turn, an intellectual and emotional journey through the timeless themes of life and nature.” Ralph Anderson, poetry critic and editor. This book—the author’s ninth—offers the reader a way to see, and re-see, stones—megaliths, ancient tools, Chartres Cathedral, Mont-St. Michele. Collins includes poems about autumn and stone structures encountered in Greece, Ephesus, and the Andes. The book also offers us beautiful epiphanies in archaeology, spiritual thought, and love.