| Author: | Michael O'Neill | ISBN: | 9781906570927 |
| Publisher: | Arc Publications | Publication: | June 1, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Arc Publications | Language: | English |
| Author: | Michael O'Neill |
| ISBN: | 9781906570927 |
| Publisher: | Arc Publications |
| Publication: | June 1, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Arc Publications |
| Language: | English |
When Michael O'Neill senses "gangs / of shadow halfbeckoning from twilit water", the moment is eerily alluring as well as scary. Fusions of feeling recur throughout a book that has something of the 'dash' and 'darkness' praised in 'Louis MacNeice', along with a strong responsiveness to the physical and visual experience of living. Formally adventurous and alert to change and movement, combining memorable phrasing with a reaching towards the unsayable, Gangs of Shadow brims with imagery of past, present and future; its poems "seek to bear witness, and above all sing".
When Michael O'Neill senses "gangs / of shadow halfbeckoning from twilit water", the moment is eerily alluring as well as scary. Fusions of feeling recur throughout a book that has something of the 'dash' and 'darkness' praised in 'Louis MacNeice', along with a strong responsiveness to the physical and visual experience of living. Formally adventurous and alert to change and movement, combining memorable phrasing with a reaching towards the unsayable, Gangs of Shadow brims with imagery of past, present and future; its poems "seek to bear witness, and above all sing".
