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John Caddy’s latest collection of poems documents his recovery from a stroke. Carefully negotiating the balance of outside and inside, the poems rebuild a delicate web of cognition, identity, and perception. From the revulsion on a child’s face as Caddy struggles to walk to the gift of a night nurse revealing a tattoo, the poems defy consolation in their consideration of mortality. Also containing poems from three previous collections, With Mouths Open Wide showcases the best work of a major contemporary poet.
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Showcasing the spunk and the wisdom, the honey and the fire, the jab and the embrace of a master poet, this book is a landmark collection of more than three decades of writing. Including work from his previous five books as well as new poems drawn from his experience recovering from a stroke, the sum total of this expansive career carefully mediates the balance of outside and inside, sequentially rebuilding a delicate web of cognition, identity, and perception. From the revulsion on a child's face as Gaddy's recovering body struggles to walk, to the gift of a night nurse revealing her tattoo, these poems defy consolation in their consideration of mortality.
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