Stirrings of Silence

This book is an affirmation and a praise of planet Earth and its inhabitants, namely the flora and fauna of California’s terrain, alongside its animal creatures and human beings.  These 36 poems represent a journey the poet actually took, a chronicle of love for life, both human and animal.  The poetry can be read comprehensively from the beginning to end, or selectively one poem at a time.  Its purpose is to uplift the soul, inspire the mind, and open the heart to revelations about people, their relationships, and the experience of the wild.

Paul Dunkason was born in England in 1955.  At age 10, he moved with his family to the United States.  He lived for three years in the state of Washington, then, at age 15, traveled to California.  Later, he spent 12 years searching, journeying through, and experiencing California’s rich land from sea to mountain to desert.  This book is a chronicle of poetry relating his discoveries.  He currently lives and writes in the Mojave Desert.