Lenora Rain-Lee Good is a member of a local poetry group, Tarweed Poets, as well as the Albuquerque chapter of the New Mexico State Poetry Society (NMSPS). She lives in Richland, WA, overlooking the Columbia River. The Bride’s Gate and Other Assorted Writings: A Modern Eclectic Reader for Modern Eclectic Readers is her latest collection, a potpourri of her poetry, short stories, and short memoir.

Some of the pieces have a little bit at the end telling how/why it was written. Some are humorous, some not so much. A little something for everyone.

It is available through these links or may be ordered from your favorite bookseller:

https://www.cyberwit.net/authors/lenora-rain-lee-good

https://www.amazon.com/dp/818253772X

ISBN: 978-8182537729

From the Information Sheet:

Lenora Rain-Lee Good lives by the Columbia River in Richland, WA. Her poetry has appeared in Quill and Parchment, Ekphrastic Review, and her collection of historical poetry, Blood on the Ground: Elegies for Waiilatpu. 

Marking the Hours, A Collection of Poems contains historical poetry of the Oregon Country, poetry of space flight, fantasy, and the title poem, Marking the Hours, is an essay in poetic form of the last hours of her uncle’s life. This is a book of loss, of hope, of grief, of love, of the beauty of being human. 

Marking the Hours, A Collection of Poems is available from your favorite bookseller, through Amazon, and from the publisher—Cyberwit.net . It is available in softback for your reading pleasure. The ISBN is 978-93-88319-36-2.

From the back cover: 

“Open this collection of reminiscences, of river stories, of observations and advice. View these dioramas composed entirely of words stretched over the fabric of imagination. Re-live these adventures harvested from seasons long past but still embedded in the land. This book asks for a restful afternoon that fades into evening and introspection. In return, it offers poetry you can share, even with non-poets. Read this book, then gift it to a friend. —Thomas Hubbard, Seattle writer and editor”

“Lenora Good, Jim Bumgarner and Jim Thielman give us a great bargain, three books in one, Reflections: Life, the River, and Beyond.  All three Tarweed Poets demonstrate poise and control of poetry’s tools, metaphor, imagery, rhythm and word play.  What fascinated me was the variety of sources of inspiration.  Taking coffee with the guys, family history and listening to other writers like Carver, Neruda, Harris, William Carlos Williams make interesting reactions.  I like sinking back into history of the Oregon Country, the Tarweeds’ place on the Columbia River, and our unique place in the solar system.  Who doesn’t want to read about Grandma Grace? — Jim Hanlen, author 17 Toutle River Haiku and Postcards from Jim, an exchange of poems with Jim Thielman.”

The tarweed often grows in parched and disturbed soils lining old highways, footpaths, and in open fields. The flowers open to display unexpected beauty from such disturbed soils.  As poets we strive to bring a similar beauty into the world.  This book is by three Tarweed Poets.

REFLECTIONS Life, the River, and Beyond. Jim Bumgarner gave us Reflections and Observations made through his life. Lenora Rain-Lee Good wrote River Songs about living on the Columbia River. Jim Thielman gave us poems from Beyond the Bridge. All the Tarweed Poets live close to water, if not the Columbia River, the Yakima, the Snake, or the Walla Walla. Water is life, and it plays a large part in our poetry.

REFLECTIONS Life, the River, and Beyond is available from your favorite bookseller by special order, or through Amazon. It is available in softback for your reading pleasure.

Blood on the Groud: Elegies for Waiilatpu tells a story of both those who lost their lives, and those who instigated and carried out the uprising that fateful day and time. The clash of cultures, the misunderstandings, and the outright lies all came together on the 29th of November 1847 to a disastrous end for all concerned.

Written as 22 poems, Blood on the Ground: Elegies for Waiilatpu is suitable for readers of any age. Ms. Good’s research included many books, several trips to the Whitman Mission, and interviews. For perhaps the first time, the Cayuse have a voice to tell their side of the story in this collection of poems.

Lenora Rain-Lee Good was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, and grew up learning about the incident. What she learned was as often incorrect as correct. She has tried to set the record straight. As part Catawba, she has, perhaps, a leaning toward presenting the Cayuse side of the story.

Blood on the Ground: Elegies for Waiilatpu is available in softback from your favorite bookseller or from the publisher, Redbat Books.

Waiilatpu is prounounced: Wye ee lat poo and means place of rye grass

Madame Dorion: Her Journey to the Oregon Country is an historical novel of the first woman to come across the country overland, stay, and help settle the land. Whereas Sacagawea was the first (known) woman to come overland, she did not stay. Marie Dorion stayed, and raised her children in the Oregon Country.

Written as a journal, Madame Dorion: Her Journey to the Oregon Country is suitable for readers of any age. Ms. Good’s research included many books (listed in the back of the book) including journals of Wilson Price Hunt and other men who made the trip. The dates and facts correlate to those journals, but show the trip through the eyes of an amazing woman, mother, and wife.

Lenora Good was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. Her maternal grandfather, a history buff, instilled in her at an early age a love of history, of Native Americans (she is part Catawba), and the opening of the Oregon Country.

Please note, the cover art is by a descendant of Madame Marie Dorion, Leah Marie Dorion. More of her marvelous art may be found on her website.

Madame Dorion: Her Journey to the Oregon Country is available through your favorite bookseller or Amazon in either softback or electronic versions.

From the back cover:

Jibutu: Daughter of the Desert is the tale of a girl becoming a woman and a healer in a desert tribal culture, somewhere, sometime….

“With this captivating novel, Lenora Good has given us a tale told and retold countless ways and times, and in doing so has achieved something so many strive for. Good, a regional writer, has produced what may well become a national book. Hundreds of writers have achieved this, but millions have tried. I will read it again.” –Thomas Hubbard, book reviewer for Raven Chronicles literary journal.

“This novel is much more than a thrilling story, it’s an experience you and your daughters–perhaps even your granddaughters–will long remember.” –Marjorie Rommel, Auburn, WA Poet Laureate 2016-2018

“If you like books about strong women, with a little mystical thrown in–you will enjoy this book. I’m hoping the series continues!” –Micki McKinley, Environmental Engineer, Ret.

“Jibutu’s world is enough like ours to be comfortable and different enough to be fascinating. It is easy for the reader to meld into the story.” –Dixiane Hallaj, It’s Just Lola

Jibutu: Daughter of the Desert is available from your favorite bookseller by special order, or through Amazon. It is available in softback or electronic copies for your reading pleasure.