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A review by shaunnow38
Cavity by Caitlin Conlon
5.0
Cavity is a devastating collection of poems that tracks the aftermath of heartbreak, in all of its poetic and emotional episodes. Caitlin Conlon has done something marvellous here, as I found myself murmuring lines just to capture their weight fully. Repition of these poems only brings out more.
I loved the narrative quality of the collection itself, and the variety of textures the poems provided to that overarching narrative. Conlon is able to capture a sort of rebirth in this arc, or at least brief glimpses of suffering and survival after heartbreak. This collection will make you cry and contemplate the hole where your heart is.
Her writing is simply enrapturing. Read this collection even if it hurts, read this collection even if it draws emotion out of your body, read this because it is so vital, so vibrant, so painstakingly beautiful.
I loved the narrative quality of the collection itself, and the variety of textures the poems provided to that overarching narrative. Conlon is able to capture a sort of rebirth in this arc, or at least brief glimpses of suffering and survival after heartbreak. This collection will make you cry and contemplate the hole where your heart is.
Her writing is simply enrapturing. Read this collection even if it hurts, read this collection even if it draws emotion out of your body, read this because it is so vital, so vibrant, so painstakingly beautiful.