"Dennis O'Driscoll . . . is one of the most interesting poets
now writing in English."--Adam Kirsch, "Slate"
"Dennis O'Driscoll has produced an extraordinary body of
work...Some of his poems have already achieved the status of
classics."
--"Poetry Ireland Review"
"O'Driscoll's mind...ruminates on experience with alacrity,
humility, and an unwillingness to pontificate. His talent -- which
could equally grace a novel -- should stand the test of
time."
--"Poetry Review"
"His terrain is, in effect, without borders: mordant, open,
sharp, generous, and sad."
--"The Guardian"
" O'Driscoll's] poems dance deftly on the tongue.... The
collection offers a cornucopia of visual and aural delights, a
Whitmanic appreciation of both nature and human creation that
nevertheless recognizes the global dangers posed by the latter....
O'Driscoll's U.S. debut is a bracing introduction to a poet whose
work American readers have gone without for too long."
--"Library Journal"
Dennis O'Driscoll's poetry is invigorating, grounded, and
modern, with an ear attuned to the tragedies and comedies of
contemporary life in a "globalized" Ireland. When "Reality Check
"was published last year in the United Kingdom, it was named one of
the top ten books of 2007 by "The Independent "of London.
O'Driscoll, who tours regularly in the United States, excels at
stripping away stereotypes. He incorporates the language of the
business world into his poetry, often to comic effect. His job as a
civil servant for nearly forty years, "a lifetime's fug of
arbitrations, ordinances, inter-agency liaisons," has made him
privy to the intricacies of bureaucracy, diplomacy, and commerce,
and has given him a knack for transforming timeless themes through
"workaday words" and present-day concerns.
"Lean on the green recycle bin
in the yard where roses run amok,
scent intensified by last night's rain . . .
Rest on the laurels of your elbows.
Consent to mind and body going
their ways amicably, a trial separation."
Dennis O'Driscoll, author of ten books, is one of Ireland's most
popular poets and critics. According to "Poetry Review," he is "one
of the best-read men in the Western world."
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