Impressions of Reality : Little Red Tree Publishing : 9781935656241 : 1935656244 : 21 May 2013 : "Impressions of Reality" is Jean-Yves' 6th book of poetry, and in the words of W.F. Lantry, "Jean-Yves Solinga embraces the world with clear-eyed enthusiasm. There is a kind of joy in these poems, tempered by hard-edged vision. The laughter of women, the art of ship building, music and philosophy, all find their natural place within Solinga's lines. Solinga casts a cold eye on the past, and uses it as a prism for outlining an absolutely modern present. He manages to make the unraveling of complex knots simple, but doesn't destroy them- he helps us understand how they're woven. Even the death of Custer takes its place beside the heroism of the Maquisards. All their translucent fibers are woven into a cloth of the fragile past. In Solinga's hands, grammar doesn't simply transform speech; it transforms lives, and in doing so refashions the future. This is what poets do: He sees the whole edifi