The
39 poems, a selection from the work of several years, range
widely, from the precisely-observed descriptive to the philosophical,
from the lyrical to the (subtly) polemical, from moments
captured to stories told. They share precision of language,
clarity of expression, and a revealing of the deeply felt.
“One poem stopped me dead with its haunting music… Thank you, thank you for The Traveller, which rescued me
for a moment from my bleak New York life. It has the glimmer
of the mysteries I sensed in your landscape.”
Edward Field,
prize-winning American poet and editor
“Sunrise from Likavittos… a
tale told with elegance and precision.”
Ron Woollard in New Hope International Review
“This is a collection full of hidden treasures. Behind
the deceptively simple exteriors of Walton’s poems
there are complex interweavings of love and pain, and sudden
shifts into the unconscious.”
The
39 poems, a selection from the work of several years, range
widely, from the precisely-observed descriptive to the philosophical,
from the lyrical to the (subtly) polemical, from moments
captured to stories told. They share precision of language,
clarity of expression, and a revealing of the deeply felt.