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The Essential Poems

The Essential Poems

O'Siadhail, Micheal

Paperback

General Poetry

Publisher Price: $24.00

ISBN10: 0810149796
ISBN13: 9780810149793
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: May 15 2026
Pages: 180
Weight: 0.68
Height: 0.61 Width: 6.07 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The essential selected works of Ireland's leading poet, Micheal O'Siadhail

With an illustrious literary career that has spanned over fifty years, renowned poet Micheal O'Siadhail has cemented his place on the international stage. From his debut collection, The Leap Year (1978), to his latest collection, Desire (2023), O'Siadhail captures evolving struggles with love, faith, and humanity. Here, spanning the entirety of his outstanding career, is the essence of his masterful body of work.

The Essential Poems voyages through traditional and innovative poetic forms, investigating love and passion, joy and loss, world-shaping events and personal experiences. O'Siadhail sounds the depths of meaning and evokes wonder, surprise, anguish, and delight. A lyrical meditation on the relationships between humanity and nature, despair and faith, and the richness of courage in the acts of healing completes what proves to be this unforgettable and necessary collection of the inimitable Irish poet.

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