The poems in Falling Body, David Cavanagh's second collection, cover ground with quirkiness, precision, and grace. They move the way a life moves-in and out of personal and public territory, past and present perspectives, inner and outer worlds. They chart inevitable falls and celebrate (sometimes with wry humor, sometimes with muted joy) getting up again. The poems touch down lightly on large topics and move on, nervous of becoming trapped in easy...
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