The Ship of Birth - Poems (Paperback)

The Ship of Birth records a father's responses in the time immediately before and after the birth of his child. Just as material significant to the dead is placed in a ship of death, so this ship of birth contains what is significant to the child: the wonder and trepidation of the parents, the nature of the soul, the future growth of the child. Greg Delanty's poems draw on his experiences in American and Irish cultures, using the traditional verse structures of seventeenth-century religious poets along with open modern colloquial forms to evoke the subtle interconnections of the past and future. Without sentimentality or self-indulgence, Delanty acknowledges the dark and difficult reality that the child faces, while affirming the sustaining continuity of life.

General

Imprint:	Louisiana State University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2007
First published:	March 2007
Authors:	Greg Delanty
Dimensions:	229 x 140 x 6mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	68
ISBN-13:	978-0-8071-3219-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8071-3219-5
Barcode:	9780807132197

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