Imagine
a man not wanting to live.
Peter Fallon's first collection since The News and Weather
continues and expands his report from a farming community in the
Irish midlands.
It includes a series of poems which chronicle the experience of
women and, in particular, the crosses they are forced to bear.
The book pivots on three extended poems about deaths which the author
tries to comprehend -- one, a murder; another, an uncle's suicide;
and 'A Part of Ourselves' prompted by the death of his infant
son.
For all these troubles, Eye to Eye embraces windfalls and
consolations in a cherished place.
