KJB Images—Author

poetic writer

Whispers From Nature — original poetry and outdoor photography inspired by nature bound into attractive coffee table books.

One day as I was meditating while viewing images I had made within nature, I discovered poems flowing onto paper like clouds gently floating across a serene blue sky. Nature whispered gracefully. Together, the thoughtful interflow of words and images quieted my mind, calmed the tension within me, and soothed my soul.

I designed these pleasing coffee table books with a gentle flow, combining nature's beauty and her poetic whispers. Take a walk in the midst of nature with inspired poems while letting your soul escape into her visual presence. Each page is an invitation to enter a state of well-being with Stillness and Awareness.

Author and poet, Kent J Burkhardsmeier contemplating nature

Photograph by Claudia Johnstone

Awareness is a book I go back to whenever I want to feel closer to the world around me

I find Stillness, Kent Burkhardsmeier’s breathtaking volume of poetry and photography, so elevating and worth recommending—because it captures the power of nature to quiet the mind. It’s a spiritual experience in itself to see joy arise from stillness—and that’s what happens to me as I page through the book.

—Melinda French Gates—
author of best seller The Moment of Lift

AWARENESS: WHISPERS FROM NATURE

AWARENESS is the second book in the Whispers From Nature collection. AWARENESS continues the journey I began in STILLNESS—recording nature's whispers and inviting nature inside as I stepped into my outdoor images.

STILLNESS, speaks about centering while present with nature. Whereas AWARENESS ponders nature's messages, insights, and her shared wisdom. The combined poetry-photography spreads, share “uncovered inner pearls.”