Ann Muto investigates her personal history and pursues her love of nature through poetry. Her book Open Passage was published by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose.  Her poems have appeared in Japanese American Internment During World War II, Dancing on the Brink of the World, Point Lobos Magazine, Inspiring Generations: 150 Years, 150 Stories in Yosemite, Civil Liberties United and Essential Truths.