Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>“[Davidson] makes the case for those in the depth of hardship by the depiction of an ordinary husband and wife, suffering inescapably, but maintaining a grip on their powers of resilience and love.”</p><p>—Carol Rumens on John Davidson’s “Villanelle” – “A still potent vision of a Glasgow family in poverty at the end of the 19th century, clinging on to hope.”</p><p>3/3</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/dec/23/poem-of-the-week-villanelle-by-john-davidson" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/2024/dec</span><span class="invisible">/23/poem-of-the-week-villanelle-by-john-davidson</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/19thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>19thCentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Victorian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Victorian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Modernist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Modernist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Modernism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Modernism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a></p>