In Pearl Fishers and Wandering Girls of Light, Coy Williams’s latest collection of poetry, the author turns to the natural world that has held him since childhood. He takes a classical approach to the lyric poem, where each image contains a metaphorical world inside it. The land lives / half a life, Williams writes, of a universe where nature melds with the essence of being human in a cavalcade of rich, evocative imagery. Nature is the soul’s accomplice, prodding the human mind to question the silvery, tenuous connections between the lived life and meditations upon it. The poems overturn rocks and kick at sand, uncovering wonder and magic. A storyteller, Williams crafts lyrical poetry that juxtaposes realities within nature that unites the outer world to the inner mind, the objective to the subjective, as he finds the extraordinary in the smallest of moments and spaces around us. From All That Glitters to Pearl Fishers and The River Where She Sleeps, he transforms thought, feeling, and emotion and their interaction to the temporal into vibrant, transformative visions that remind us that we are connected intimately with ourselves, our world, and all that lies within both.An extraordinary collection of surreal poetry honoring the classical poet’s style, Williams’s hypnotic collection is nuanced with a rich, resonant voice. He paints a lasting picture on the mind, transposing his thoughts and vision across universal realities. With every word an image, sound, and color, Pearl Fishers and Wandering Girls of Light is a beautiful, captivating journey of unbridled imagination.