This sixth collection by one of Carcanet's most celebrated Irish poets gathers together lyric poems musing on history, on archaeology, geology and on the deep need of the human spirit to find expression in music and song.
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Dimensions: 135 x 216mm
Publication Date: 26 Sep 2019
Publisher: Carcanet Press Ltd
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781784107871
About Moya Cannon
Moya Cannon is an Irish poet with five published collections the most recent being Keats Lives (Carcanet). The mountains the shoreline and our primal and enduring responses to the beauty of the endangered earth are the inspiration for many of her poems. Archaeology and geology figure too as gateways to deeper understanding of our mysterious relationship with the natural world and our past. Music particularly traditional Irish music has always been a deep interest and is a constant theme. She has received the Brendan Behan Award and the O'Shaughnessy Award and was 2011 Heimbold Professor of Irish Studies at Villanova University. She was born in Co. Donegal and now lives in Dublin.