Frank De Canio's Political Ponderings are an arresting array of the usual suspects: sex, love, loss, longing, salient stages on Life's way, all here in a foursquare arrangement, as metrically precise as their content is sometimes emotionally charged. They seem to be a litany of Frank's psychological preoccupations as post-adolescent perspectives wrapped up in a neat package of formal poems to pique the astute reader's sensibilities. A pleasing read indeed.