Inside & Out: Musings on Millenial Motherhood and Brexit Beasts

by Fiona Sherlock

‘INSIDE AND OUT’ is a new woman's response to motherhood in a shifting socio-political landscape. The publication examines world politics and current affairs or the 'Outside', and what this means for parents and their children in 'Inside'.The 40-page paperback collection includes eight poems and one short story. ‘Inside & Out’ is self-published with the support of Meath County Council Arts Office and Creative Ireland.The first half of the though-provoking 40-page book, Outside, imagines a scaly bootlegging snake as the Irish Border. From this light-hearted consideration of Brexit implications, the subject matter circles closer to the poet's heart. In Fenian's in Heaven, Sherlock imagines Ireland's dead heroes ribbing each other from a heavenly tavern. A B sees the world leaders from a simplistic children's perspective. Moving to Inside, the pain of going back to work after having a child is teased out in Leaking. As we sit on the environmental cliff edge, in The Crows of Bective Abbey, the writer considers what the future holds for her children. Inside Out includes The Crows of Bective Abbey, first published in Boyne Berries Issue 26, and The Serpent of Dundalk, firest published in the Sunday Independent. The first half of the 35-page book, Outside, imagines a scaly bootlegging snake as the Irish Border. From this light-hearted consideration of Brexit implications , the subject matter circles closer to the poet's heart. In Fenian's in Heaven, Sherlock imagines Ireland's dead heroes ribbing each other from a heavenly tavern. A B sees the world leaders from a simplistic children's perspective. Moving to Inside, the pain of going back to work after having a child is teased out in Leaning On A Mother's Heart. Supported by Meath County Council Arts Office and Creative Ireland.

45 pages, Paperback

Published February 3, 2020