Phantom Limb

by David Musgrave

Poems at once meditative and restless, elegant and sensual. Waterscapes and landscapes figure strongly - moving from moments of observation to transformative connections. There are also poems of direct and generous human attention. Wit and melancholy in equal measure, with a dose of joyous satire. David Musgrave lives in Sydney.

70 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Andy Quan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Phantom Limb is a book of poety with shifts of voice and perspective to keep things lively - he inhabits Montaigne in one long poem, and in another, examines the life of Baby Boomers. Some steps back into history but mainly a contemporary inhabiting of the present. Eloquent, quiet and sometimes, very funny. Poems of water run through the collection, so much that I would have liked a water-related title (though the poem 'Phantom Limb' is lovely). I like the energized conversational tone of some of the poems, and that I can hear the poet speak. An accomplished work.