In the title poem, the poet advises her granddaughters
metaphorically to "swim in the obscure." In this, her second
collection, Peggy O'Brien tries to do just that in order to probe
the shadows cast by love in its different forms. She uses the music
in poetry to celebrate the prosaic tenacity and patience our most
intimate bonds require, not least our hold on life itself. In a
book where the color red makes more than a few appearances and war
is a frequent backdrop, the poet confronts collective aggression by
trying to understand personal anger. Fortunately, when she swims in
dangerous waters, Peggy O'Brien usually wears the life-jacket of
humour. Peggy O'Brien is a member of the English Department at the
University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She formerly taught at
Trinity College, Dublin, having lived in Ireland for nearly twenty
years. Her first collection of poetry, published on both sides of
the Atlantic, was Sudden Thaw (2004).
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