You Can't Discover What Was Always There

<p>This collection of poems follow the author's period of creative rediscovery with the backdrop of loss hardship change and redemption. </p><p></p><p>In a journey that spans California's Central Coast the deserts of Arizona and a return to San Diego Mark Wilkens reflects on a path that includes working with his hands in agriculture and passing through a series of odd jobs en route to his career in writing. This five-year span begins with a move to the desert in the global pandemic and ends with the author's starting a family near his hometown. </p><p></p><p></p>