Caw

In passionate poems about sin, obsession, and mortality-an artist-s infatuation with a doll, an interspecies relationship, an ex-lover whose presence lingers in recipes, ecclesiastical birds, and a sex toy holding a loved one-s ashes-Waters delivers impeccably crafted narratives infused with his signature lyrical gestures. At the book-s core is a sequence of twenty-five poems on aging, dementia, and caregiving, chiseled phrase by phrase toward unflinching and memorable closure. Caw is a brilliant, intimate and moving addition to Waters-s body of work and may be his most powerful collection yet.