My BOOKS

Indian Rope Trick
This clear-eyed gaze into the face of mortality gently nudges you toward the mysterious wonder you knew as a child.
~with a cover painting by the author
2018 Blue Light Press Book Award
Blue Light Press, San Rafael, CA
$16
Elephant Raga
"In this time of justifiable worry for the world, here in Prartho Sereno's Elephant Raga, we find hope for a more inventive relation with others and things, and even an unfashionable sense of pure joy." ~ Melissa Kwasny, contest judge
2014 Blue Lynx Prize
Lynx house Press, Spokane WA
$17


Causing a Stir: The Secret Lives & Loves of Kitchen Utensils
The deep life and deep joy findable anywhere - if looked for with poetry's eyes - shine through this book." - Jane Hirshfield
26 full-color illustrations by the author
Winner of 2008 IPPY for Gift Books
Mansarovar Press, San Anselmo, CA
$16

Call from Paris
"There is spark and swing in these poems, a touch of the surreal, and a great gust of soul... Call from Paris is a joy to read. Ecoutez!" -- Dorianne Laux
2007 Washington Prize
The Word Works, Washington, DC
2nd Edition, 2014
$16