Discovering What to Say Poetry and their corvid kin through

and their corvid kin through the lens of contemporary poetry

and become a seed and the sun at once

Willitts finds solace in sign language

and an acceptance of a life nearing its own chronological end

and a son who would later lose his own partial hearing from shelling as a field medic in Vietnam

Discovering What to Say Poetry and their corvid kin throughby Wally Swist This collection of 39 poems, written over five years, chronicles the profound passages of later lifelove deepened by loss, the solace found in nature, and the weight of memory. Written as the author's spouse, Tevis, lives with Alzheimer's in care, these verses don't dwell on illness but instead reveal how a life fully lived continues to discover what matters most. The collection unfolds in four movements: intimate encounters with the