Standing Stones

A voice rich enough to carpet the walls and warm enough to provoke the fondest of memories. Each of his poems is knee-deep in history; his poems are fingerprints of his life....-Monica L. Piñon-Austin ChronicleWhether he is writing of his grandmother in La Partera or of the way the rain speaks on a summer night, Robert René Galván is a poet who senses the link between music and language in a deep and intimate way.-Susan Hansen-San Marcos Daily RecordRobert René Galván has the gift of intuition every true poet should have; he knows instinctively how to pace the images embodied in his word sequences....he is able to fit the eye of the seer to the soft yet strong tissues of melody, sometimes even when pierced by the nature of cicadas.-Miguel González-GerthThe poet is gifted with a fine ear and a keen eye. Intelligence and imagination are at work everywhere....Galván's is a rich voice, moving between simplicity and grandeur, a voice that speaks and sings, in turn, and almost always in praise of the life it finds.-David Wevill