Trace: Poems

His arresting ninth collection of poems, Eric Pankey€s Trace locates itself at a threshold between faith and doubt-between the visible and the invisible, the say-able and the ineffable, the physical and the metaphysical. Also a map of the poet€s journey into a deep depression, these poems confront one man€s struggle to overcome depression€s smothering weight and presence. And with remarkable clarity and complexity, Trace charts the poet€s attempt to be inspired, to breathe again, to give breath and life to words. Ever solemn, ever existential, Pankey€s poems find us at our most vulnerable, the moment when we as humans-believers and nonbelievers alike-must ultimately pause to question the uncertain fate of our souls.