A COMMON VIOLENCE by Pat Falk

Pat Falk’s, A Common Violence, is a treat for the ear and the eye: the poems are sheer music, a meditative journey to the inner core of silence, where truth resides. The poet’s empathy with people in another world, Sudan or Afghanistan, or the neighbor next door, arises from her deep observation of nature. Prompted by her own survival from cancer, she looks into the play book of violence, within the body and without, and despite our vision being “fractured” and “balance upended,” she shows us the way to walk “past the guards” to find love. Falk has outdone herself in this latest volume—beautifully crafted, the images chiseled to perfection, they hang “like ornaments / from / the branches.”

–Pramila Venkateswaren

Visionary…resolutely uplifting, creates new language

–American Book Review

A truly unique and honest voice in American poetry

–Wheelhouse Magazine