The Deep and Secret Color of Ice

by Paul Willis

Selected poetry series.

25 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Josh Karaczewski · Rating 4 out of 5]

Here autobiographical reactions to nature are still paramount in Willis' poetry, but this collection offers more variety than previous chapbooks.

[Skylar Burris · Rating 3 out of 5]

This little chapbook comes from Small Poetry Press. The title (which the poet draws from the last line of his “Sierra Juniper”) was arresting, leading me to look forward to reading the 24 poems within. The unrhymed poems are rhythmic and melodic. The imagery does not generally seem affected (as it unfortunately does in much modern poetry), nor is it used as a substitute for substance. My favorite poems in this collection are “Silliman Creek,” “Apocalypse,” and “The Leper.”