Somewhere to Follow: Poems - Softcover

Willis, Paul J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1725256959 ISBN 13: 9781725256958

Verlag: Slant, 2021

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From California coastal redwoods to giant sequoias in the Sierra, from practical jokes of adolescence to unexpected epiphanies marking an academic career, the many poems in Somewhere to Follow range through the life of a poet on the lookout for what comes next.

In this his seventh volume of poetry, Paul Willis ascends the switchbacks of ordinary experience to cross paths with song-leading rangers, exhausted mothers, dirt-loving children, terrified immigrants, Arctic climbers, face-masked students, beatified counselors, rejected suitors, honest morticians, talking ferns, mourning crows, stinking fungi, vengeful rivers, raging fires, faithful brothers, the world’s largest pinecones, and an innocent pair of twin grandsons.

Also present in these pages are the Virgin Mary, Sir Philip Sidney, George Vancouver, David Douglas, John Muir, Ernest Hemingway, and the inimitable Ruth Kerr of the Kerr Canning Jar Company.

Throughout this collection, one hears Willis’s unique tone: quietly observant, worldly wise and yet still full of wonder, alert to the surprises and vistas that can only be found by striking out on your own. Take the path that each poem offers and find for yourself Somewhere to Follow.

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Paul J. Willis lives with his wife, Sharon, in Santa Barbara, California, where he is a professor of English at Westmont College. He has previously published six collections of poetry; two collections of essays; a quartet of eco-fantasy novels, The Alpine Tales; and, most recently, a middle-grade time-travel novel, All in a Garden Green (Slant). www.pauljwillis.com.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Slant
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• ISBN 10: 1725256959
• ISBN 13: 9781725256958
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 112
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar