Paul J. Willis is a professor of English at Westmont College and a former poet laureate of Santa Barbara, California. He is the author of four previous collections of poetry, most recently Getting to Gardisky Lake.

Other poems by Paul J. Willis in Verse Daily:
May 2, 2009:   "Preparedness" "The earthquake prediction for California..."
October 8, 2008:   "Letter to Beowulf" "Sleeping under that pine tree the other night..."

Books by Paul J. Willis:

Other poems on the web by Paul J. Willis:
Two poems
"Faith Of Our Fathers"

Paul J. Willis's Website.