Cover of Good Dirt by Sandra B. Dreis.

Poetry · 2026

Good Dirt

Poems with dirt under their fingernails.

Sandra’s first full-length poetry collection gathers ninety-four pages of humor, uncertainty, hope, close observation, and a recurring delight in the living world.

Publisher
Kelsay Books
Edition
94-page paperback
Published
July 10, 2026
Sandra B. Dreis smiling outdoors while holding a small dog.
Animals, weather, justice, and the comic interruptions of being alive.

What lives here

Roots, teeth, and a sense of humor.

01Nature, seen with a keen and loving eye.

02Humor that stays in the room when life gets serious.

03Questions of justice and humanity that the reader must answer for herself.

“The book is beautiful. I love it. It’s a prodigious and wonderful work… Together, the poems are full of variety, humor, hope, uncertainty, as well as peace that seems to come easy.”— Kelli Rush, editor and member of Omega Poets

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Published by Kelsay Books on July 10, 2026. Paperback · 94 pages · ISBN 979-8901468739.

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