Collected Later Poems

<p class=ql-align-justify>David Wevill's work slowly fell from view in Britain and indeed the USA after the publication of 1973's <em>Where the Arrow Falls</em> although a number of collections appeared in his native Canada: <em>Other Names for the Heart</em> (1985) <em>Figure of Eight </em>(1987) <em>Child Eating Snow</em> (1994) <em>Solo With Grazing Deer</em> (2001) and <em>Asterisks</em> (2007) were all published in Toronto. The newly-published work in those volumes is all gathered here together with some uncollected poems.</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>Wevill has attempted to bring to his work the best of many different poetries: the terseness of Spanish language poets such as Lorca Neruda Machado and Paz; the meditative depth and strength of spirit found in Central and East European verse; the violent often surreal perceptions of his British contemporaries; and the sharp vibrant images that span the gap between life and death that link him to the essential canon of Canadian poetry. </p><p class=ql-align-justify>-from the cover of <em>Other Names for the Heart</em></p><p><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>Among the poets of Atlantis - those who belong to both the Old World and the New I have always thought of David Wevill as one of the finest in our time. - Nathaniel Tarn</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>