“A startlingly good book of poetry for teens…a gem!”

A great review of my collection of fantastical poetry, I Tumble Through the Diamond Dust, illustrated by my niece, Wendi Nordell, is now online, after previously appearing only in print in Resource Links, which reviews books for school libraries.

Exerpts…

“In April 2016, Saskatchewan’s then–poet laureate Gerald Hill sent members of the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild two lines of poetry each day and challenged the recipients “to create new work either inspired by or incorporating those lines.” Edward Willett…succeeded brilliantly at the challenge, yielding a book of poems that will delight and intrigue anyone who enjoys poetry — and that may win over readers who think they don’t, too.

I Tumble Through the Diamond Dust is a startlingly good book of poetry for teens. Its twenty-one free verse poems are by turns funny, moody, thought-provoking, and dazzling…

“The poems are finely complemented by Wendi Nordell’s black-and-white illustrations, which are intriguing in their own right…This creative collection is a gem!”

Read the whole thing!

Buy either the print or ebook version directly from me!

Available in print through Chapters/Indigo or the publisher, Your Nickel’s Worth Press.

Also available in ebook from Amazon.caAmazon.comKobo, or the Apple store.

Available as an audiobook, narrated by me, through Audible and iTunes.

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