I Call This “Dipping Hands in Water to Feel How the World Move”
A poem by Martin Willitts Jr.
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Martin Willitts Jr
Martin Willitts Jr is a retired librarian. He is an editor of Comstock Review. He won 2014 Dylan Thomas International Poetry Contest; Stephen A. DiBiase Poetry Prize, 2018; Editor’s Choice, Rattle Ekphrastic Challenge, December, 2020; 17th Annual Sejong Writing Competition, 2022. His 21 full-length collections include the Blue Light Award 2019, The Temporary World. His recent books are Harvest Time (Deerbrook Editions, 2021); All Wars Are the Same War (FutureCycle Press, 2022); Not Only the Extraordinary are Exiting the Dream World (Flowstone Press, 2022). Forthcoming is Ethereal Flowers (Shanti Press, 2023), and Rain Followed Me Home (Glass Lyre Press, 2023).
Martin Willitts Jr is a retired librarian. He is an editor of Comstock Review. He won 2014 Dylan Thomas International Poetry Contest; Stephen A. DiBiase Poetry Prize, 2018; Editor’s Choice, Rattle Ekphrastic Challenge, December, 2020; 17th Annual Sejong Writing Competition, 2022. His 21 full-length collections include the Blue Light Award 2019, The Temporary World. His recent books are Harvest Time (Deerbrook Editions, 2021); All Wars Are the Same War (FutureCycle Press, 2022); Not Only the Extraordinary are Exiting the Dream World (Flowstone Press, 2022). Forthcoming is Ethereal Flowers (Shanti Press, 2023), and Rain Followed Me Home (Glass Lyre Press, 2023).
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