Joseph S. Salemi

Surfing the Torrent

Arts & Literature

“This book is a haunting excursion through the beaches and coves of Greece, hills and mountains, groves, valleys, and gardens, filled with fishermen, women, shepherds, and tributes to personal friends. Jonathan Chaves is at home in free verse, the ballade, the villanelle, the sonnet, heroic couplets, and perfectly crafted quatrains, and at ease with classical allusions, and reminiscences that stretch from the Buddha up through Marlowe, Wordsworth, Blake, and Arthur Waley. This collection showcases a poet of many talents and diverse interests.”