Rosing from the Dead: Poems
From the details of hikes in the mountains, conversations with children, observations in the college classroom or the church sanctuary, and forays into family history, Paul Willis weaves poems that... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1602260044
ISBN13:9781602260047
Release Date:November 2009
Publisher:WordFarm
Length:99 Pages
Weight:0.40 lbs.
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
Nice bit o' work there, mate
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
Lovely. Great bit of vers libre. The "felicity of expression" at certain moments in the poems is striking. Worth twice the cover price. My favorite is the title poem.
Sitting Down With a Friend
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
Reading Paul Willis's new book is like sitting down with a good friend sharing a vivid scrapbook of a life thoughtfully lived. While this scrapbook features the grand landscapes of national parks and tender memories of people loved and lost, it also includes bits and pieces of the seemingly mundane: bifocals, fingernails, yet-to-be-housebroken dogs, tennis balls on a wet lawn. These are the poems that especially come to life for me--I don't think I'll ever walk through my kitchen in the middle of the night without recalling the appliances in "Candles Waking" or see a bride without thinking of the poodle bouquet in "Annie's Wish." These are smart, funny, heartbreaking and human poems. A gift of a book!
A fantastic second book!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
Poem after poem after poem, Paul Willis's Rosing from the Dead is spectacular. Or perhaps that's not the most precise adjective, for Willis's poems are generally quiet, thoughtful and carefully crafted. Yet the overall experience of reading this book leaves me feeling, Wow, what a poet! I cannot recommend Rosing from the Dead highly enough. David Starkey Santa Barbara Poet Laureate, 2009-2011
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