""Love Took the Words right out of my mouth."" So begins the first line of Christopher Jane Corkery \'s poignant and unforgettable new collection of poems.
The occasions for Corkery\'s poems are often domestic: the thrill of youthful roman.
Throughout the work these two themes--the power and mystery of language, especially the crafted one of poetry, and what Keats called ""the holiness of the heart\'s affections""--intertwine, accumulating a rich panoply of associations and meanings. ""Love Took the Words right out of my mouth."" So begins the first line of Christopher Jane Corkery \'s poignant and unforgettable new collection of poems