A Place in the World

How does consciousness navigate aging, memory, and the physical friction of urban living? In Place in the World, Robert Flanagan delivers incisive, compressed prose poems that examine what it means to grow older across changing landscapes of mind and body.

Flanagan observes daily existence with razor-sharp cadence, moving between fleeting city encounters, hospital rooms, and internal reckonings. Each piece confronts the erosion of time, familial duty, and existential isolation with unflinching honesty and verbal speed. From the raw intimacy of witnessing a mother's decline to sudden flashes of spiritual inquiry, this collection cuts straight to the bone of everyday survival.

Readers of contemporary verse and existential writing will find a stark, rhythmic exploration of mortality and resilience.