What stamps Cherkovski's poetry as unique is its unbounded lyricism – a lyrical gift easily greater than that of any other poet of his generation.

Gerald Nicosia, San Francisco Chronicle

I squirm against blurb words like "magisterial" and "fully realized" and God knows – "profound," but Neeli Cherkovski's new book is a deeply rich work which reminds me of the best of Rexroth's nature poems, which to me is a major accomplishment. But more than that, there's a deep philosophical and elegiac edge to the beauty of the words & lines.

David Meltzer, poet, musician, essayist

Neeli Cherkovski has mastered the lyricism of the clear-seeing heart. In these poems, he sets us down in the middle of the mystery of existence and experience. From the Canyon Outward is a joy to read and inhabit.

Sarah Menefee, poet, community activist