“Continuing the tradition of park-employed poets, but unlike her naturalist fellows, Simmers specializes in the confluence of modern life and nature. In some poems she escapes the isolation of a forest-fire tower with earbuds and another romantic comedy. In others, nature offers a brief escape, like cracking open a window.” – The Telegraph-Journal

“Most notable is Simmers’ panoramic movement inside the serial poem, where she finds both the stride and space to wander in her surroundings. At times she takes in more than might be necessary, but it is clear Simmers is at the service of desire, which at every turn finds poems flashing before her: “Slowing down to catch / something hightail it into the brush– / into what lies beyond / our lives’ scenic corridors.” – Winnipeg Free Press

“Readers can?t help but visualize her muses, whether they are tiny insects or a gentle giant, like a thousand-pound moose…The pictures Simmers artfully paints with her words are not always rural, rather she excels at blending nature with modernity, the two often clashing.” – H Magazine