Insistence / Ailbhe Darcy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Darcy, Ailbhe, 1981- author.

Contributor:

Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--21st century.

English poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

70 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Hexham, Northumberland : Bloodaxe Books Ltd, 2018.

Summary:

A new child should mean new hope. But what if that's no longer so? Ailbhe Darcy's second collection unfolds in an intimate world, in which the words home and love dominate. But the private world is threatened by a public one. Written in the American Rust Belt, in an era of climate change and upheaval, 'Insistence' takes stock of the parent's responsibility to her child, the poet's responsibility to the reader, and the vulnerability of the person in the face of global crisis.

Contents:

Ansel Adams' Aspens p. 11

Still p. 13

Nice p. 15

The Car p. 17

Stink p. 18

Umbrella p. 20

Angelus p. 21

Silver p. 24

Postcard of 'Walls of Aran' p. 26

Hair p. 27

Mushrooms p. 28

A guided tour of the house and its environs p. 30

Election Day p. 32

Postcards from Europe p. 33

Service Not Included p. 36

Jellyfish p. 38

After my son was born p. 41

After my son was born p. 42

Alphabet p. 43.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.

ISBN:

9781780370781

1780370784

OCLC:

1018049794

Publisher Number:

99983767498