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Hands
Written by the prizewinning Irish poet Moya Cannon, this collection explores the effects of time, change, migration, and travel—in both the human and the natural worlds. Sensuous and resonant, these poems are votive offerings that possess musicality and are sensitive to the functional qualities language.
64 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2011
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November 15, 2013
Moya Cannon offers fifty some poems that are rich with experience of Ireland. Some of her poems resonate with historical significance. Some capture details of the coast via stones, sea life, some via the countryside. Apples play a role in several of the poems, weaving in and out of the collection and tying it back to a thankful life for riches of the table or warmth. The title poem "Hands" is especially wondering and full of gratitude and most of the poems show the fine work of hands at their best.
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