Deer at Twilight

In his fifth collection of poetry, Deer at Twilight, Paul J. Willis offers a vividly imagistic insight into the depths of nature within and around the state of Washington.Walking on Water, Pyramid LakeThese particular bugs can do it,dimpling the surface with their feet,and no one has built a church in their name. Other bugs swim underwater with abandon,with no blue ribbons to show for it.That leaves the rest of us to performour daily miracles without applause. This rock, forexample,sheared flatby who knows what torturous force,left to host its lime-green shareof crustose lichen, that concoctionof algae and fungi which long ago,not even listening to Rodney King,decided we can get along if we just try.