The publication of Dublin-born Paul Perry's first collection of
poems in 2003 saw him heralded as "a prodigiously gifted poet" by
Fred D'Aguiar, for whom each poem "bristles with life and longing,
intelligence and wit." The Orchid Keeper (2006) saw that promise
confirmed by a book of almost ceaseless motion, energised by the
rhythms of thought and navigating between the confessional and the
visionary. Taking its title from the defensive arms which, like
everything else, vanished with the doomed late 16th century
settlement at Roanoke, Perry's new collection explores memory and
trace, the stories that survive us and those in which we do not
always recognise ourselves. From meditations inspired by historical
events to poems which treat of a brother's illness, Perry's
imagination ranges freely through these predominately short-lined
poems, resulting in work which is as lively on the page as it is
likely to remain in the reader's memory.
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