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From a stony-faced DJ with ‘a canny eye’ to a Greek nymph renowned for her chastity, Foreign News is a book whose reach and aims are evident in its richly allusive sequences.
In matching her sense of play and her use of idiom David Wheatley proves himself a perfect counterpart for Aifric Mac Aodha’s poems that resound with longing and a modern sensibility.
Chuireas mo long trí thine,
ar chéadteacht dom i dtír:
leor liom an seomra ar cíos;
ní hacmhainn dom dul siar.
I set my ship ablaze at the first safe landing:
a rented room does for me these days;
home thoughts couldn’t be more foreign.
ISBN/EAN | 9781911337287 |
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Author | Aifric Mac Aodha |
Publisher | Gallery Press |
Publication date | 26 Oct 2017 |
Format | Paperback |
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Foreign News - Aifric Mac Aodha / David Wheatley
The award to Aifric Mac Aodha of the 2017 Oireachtas Prize for Poetry confirmed her position in the vanguard of younger Irish women poets.
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