Consolation Miracle

From: The Virginia Quarterly Review | Date: January 1, 2004| Author: McFadden, Kevin | Copyright information

Consolation Miracle, by Chad Davidson. Southern Illinois, November 2003. $12.95

Chad Davidson's first book of poems begins with "A": "Pin it to an adulterer's blouse. Shout it as you careen into the rocks... Allah, Adam, Ariel. . . ." The only A-association not invoked is association itself, and witty associative turns are the abiding architecture of these poems. In odes celebrating "Starfish," "Mushrooms," "The Yawn," "The Match," Davidson moves on subtle lines that at times amuse but...

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