John Deane opted for a Selected and New rather than the tombstone
of a Collected to mark his eightieth year before heaven. He is
still a living force, in physical and spiritual space: a Selected
Poems (Snow Falling on Chestnut Hill, 2012) already existed. With
substantial new work to share, it seemed timely to produce an
essential volume, with compelling new work added to underline his
work as witness. He has emerged as one of Ireland's most important
religious poets of recent times. His poems explore the beauty of
the island where he was born, on the west coast of Ireland, and the
wonders of natural creation everywhere. His imagination is most at
home in rural Ireland, where the long centuries of scholarship and
faith have retained their focus and shape. Music is present
everywhere in his selection, in the poems' lyricism and in their
reference to composers and compositions, particularly Beethoven and
Olivier Messiaen. The poems move from a childhood encounter with a
basking shark off his Achill Island home, to an elderly gentleman
climbing the stairs to bed. A love of the landscape of his home
island is developed in poems that combine an awareness of beauty
and fragility with the spiritual significance the physical world
offers those who are open to it. A 'rewilding' of old certainties
of faith and worship, a movement through the gifts of spirt and
Spirit occur. A new sequence, 'For the Times and Seasons',
completes this generous celebration of a long life spent, and still
spending, in poetry and faith.
General
| Imprint: |
Carcanet Press Ltd
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
November 2023 |
| Authors: |
John F. Deane
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 135mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
160 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-80017-359-0 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-80017-359-8 |
| Barcode: |
9781800173590 |
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