Holy the Body

Donovan McAbee's 'Holy the Body' is a poetry collection that traces experiences of loss, grief, physical decline, and religious questioning through intimate, embodied imagery.

The poems move between caregiving scenes, memories of the author's mother, reflections on the body’s aging, and moments of spiritual uncertainty.

McAbee employs plainspoken but vivid language to make private suffering and tenderness accessible and resonant.

The collection balances vulnerability with wry observation, inviting readers into particular moments that gesture toward universal themes of mortality and grace.

It has been presented and read aloud by the author in public events and is his debut full-length book of poems.