Gillette Elvgren, Ph.D.

“The title of FLUIDUS, poems by Keith Deel, speaks of water, of sources, of the endless flow of life, of the power and peace emanating from a primary element of God’s creation. But when you get into the wild diversity of these poems, you find them grounded in just about every aspect of the particularities of our life here on this earth. Take note of Noah who runs his zoo and suffers from splinters; have you ever watched a one colt parade in the rain, and realized if you missed that you missed it all?; can you imagine moving slower than ‘molasses in Alaska'? Deel examines our spiritual struggles, the passage of time, growing old, being young again, but always in terms of those archetypal and fleeting images that remind us of our humanity. If you are looking for hope, and also for the gentle self-deprecating delight of our trek here in this multi dimensional existence, read these poems. Read them more than once.”