Dennis O'Driscoll lends his transformative vision to everyday 'bread and butter' routines and the insidious forces that imperil them. From the entertaining mixture of shorter poems which opens his eighth collection, he branches out with 'Skywriting', a visually dramatic and rhythmically vibrant sequence which paints a map of light in its varied moods and modulations. Part lamentation, part celebration, the sequence glints with interludes of sunlit repose, while also flashing a scrutinising light on darker aspects of our century and environment.

About the Author
Dennis O'Driscoll's books include New and Selected Poems (Anvil, 2004) and The Bloodaxe Book of Poetry Quotations (Bloodaxe, 2006). Troubled Thoughts, Majestic Dreams, a selection of essays and reviews, appeared from Gallery Press in 2001. Among his awards are a Lannan Literary Award in 1999, the 2005 E.M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the 2006 O'Shaughnessy Award for Poetry from the Center for Irish Studies (Minnesota). A member of Aosdana, the Irish academy of artists, he works as a civil servant in Dublin Castle.


Book Information
ISBN 9780856464027
Author Dennis O'Driscoll
Format Paperback
Page Count 80
Imprint Anvil Press Poetry
Publisher Carcanet Press Ltd