Anthony Cronin's Collected Poems brings together the work of a poetic lifetime by this celebrated Irish poet, from his first book published in London in 1957, to his latest, published in New Island in 1999, as well as a number of new poems. This landmark collection displays Cronin's innate lyrical gift, his honesty to human experience, his range, his always immanent humor and sheer poetic intelligence. Collected Poems , comprehensive and authoritative, also brings together the longer compositions that have been a notable part part of his poetic practice - from RMS Titanic , described by Paul Durcan as a "major work," to The End of the Modern World , which Anthony Burgess declared "should be as well-known as The Wasteland ." In its depth, eloquence and poetic power, Collected Poems will surprise even Antony Cronin's most fervent admirers.