A Commonplace: Apples, Bricks & Other People’s Poems by Jonathan Davidson Char March a dire challenge answered -

a dire challenge answered - and a drama of enigmatic reward disguised as psychic undoing

’ – August Kleinzahler

if you care about the impossibility but the nobility of trying to express the ineffable in language that is accessible but that stuns

In 100 poems

Over the last 15 years

A Commonplace: Apples, Bricks & Other People’s Poems by Jonathan Davidson Char March a dire challenge answered -A Commonplace is a conversation about how poetry is made and exists as the underlying geology of our lives. Jonathan Davidsons quiet but distinctive poems including pieces from the 17th Century, from Kyiv and Lisbon, and from Finland and Nicaragua are complemented by outstanding work by sixteen other poets and translators. Littered with unruly footnotes and featuring a gazetteer and bibliography, A Commonplace invites the reader to experience poetry