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Beyond Repair: Poems
J. C. Todd’s Beyond Repair bears vivid witness to the struggles for healing—both small- and large-scale—in global hotspots of conflict such as Hama, Syria, and vicinities, where a tenacious Air Force doctor was stationed.
With precisely crafted poems, imbued with empathy and grace, Todd examines those who must continue with dailiness amidst horror and chaos, on and near the many “playing fields and killing / floors . . . / where some will say nothing / is left, not even names." Both the best and the worst of human nature are laid bare in a “FUBAR’d” war-zone “tour of racket / and ruin."
This fierce and moving collection is a special honoree for the 2019 Able Muse Book Award.
With precisely crafted poems, imbued with empathy and grace, Todd examines those who must continue with dailiness amidst horror and chaos, on and near the many “playing fields and killing / floors . . . / where some will say nothing / is left, not even names." Both the best and the worst of human nature are laid bare in a “FUBAR’d” war-zone “tour of racket / and ruin."
This fierce and moving collection is a special honoree for the 2019 Able Muse Book Award.
- GenresPoetry
110 pages, Paperback
Published September 3, 2021
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August 19, 2023
A masterful volume on the horror of war, its victims, and the aftermath-internal and external.
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