'Across the High Divide' is a beautifully crafted diversion from everyday experience. Her poetry is saturated, confident, honest, and sensual. Wagner Buyer gently coaxes us to consider our own sense of place, and the diversity of love's many paths. From deciding which tea to prepare to struggling through the complexity of a fading love affair, Laurie's poetry draws us into a tangible world where "we do love a disservice if we turn away from those in need, even if they bleed and leave us damaged by their sorrow."