Ground Water by Matthew Hollis 2016 and an interest in the

and an interest in the fictional and dangerous shaping of history

They are poems alive with surprising images

He acknowledges world-traumas — the Final Solution

published in 2002

with oceans and islands as seen from a small boat

Ground Water by Matthew Hollis 2016 and an interest in theIn this sparkling debut, Matthew Hollis immerses us in the undercurrents of our lives. Love and loss are buoyed by a house full of milk, an orchard underwater, the laws of walking on water. Rainwater, floodwater, flux the liquid landscapes which shift relentlessly in Ground Water threaten and comfort by turns. Matthew Hollis's poems are brimming with courage in adversity as well as the promise of renewal, culminating in a powerful sequence about a