This collection of poetry was inspired by stays on various Greek islands and by the work of several poets the author has known and admired — Nikos, Gatsos, Henrik Nordtbrand, and Andreas Karavis. As with all books of travel poetry, Bedrock is a marriage of subject and object, self and other. Continue reading
A series of lucid and engaging “postcard” sonnets written as letters to the poet’s wife from temporary residences in Greence and in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. Although David Solway makes Montreal his home, he lives in the Greek islands when he can; Modern Marriage is one of the results of his living in these two worlds. Continue reading
Nothing…is more difficult than comic or light verse. In The Mulberry Men Solway largely succeeds in this demanding and delicate genre. — Canadian Literature Continue reading