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by Dairena Ní Chinnéide

“Motherhood, anger, sex, meditation and gratitude swirl in the sea of these poems, and if the sea washes the shores of Corca Dhuibhne, the territory and the known terrain of her poetry in Irish, Dairena Ní Chinnéide is well able for the sea and its turning currents when she embarks on this voyage into English. Here in these poems her own place sings to us in its own tongue, as her own life sings back to the poet in all its rich variety of experience. Here are poems of rueful sorrow, informed reflection, earned intelligence and delight.”
- Theo Dorgan

Table of Contents

Unplugged on the Great Blasket 9
The Seal’s Song 10
Nightlights in Peig’s House 11
Making Hay 12
The Chieftain’s Call 13
Rí Rá 14
Sí [sh-e] 16
Corrib I 17
Corrib II 18
Departure 19
Dúchas 20
The Gaelic Lover 22
Fairy 24
West Kerry Morning 25
Unbelievably Myself 26
Hybrid 28
Irish & the State 30
The Contradiction of Fertility 32
The October Revolution 34
Wellness 36
Morning Raga 37
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The Warrior Mother as Muse 39
The Warrior on the Run 41
The Quivering Warrior 43
Purple Day 44
Pain as Myth 45
A Day for Dylan 46
Framed 47
Detached 48
Off Day 49
Spring Equinox 52
Feoghanagh 53
Flying the Coop 54
Numinosity 55
Solstice Wind 56
Domus 57
Ritual 58
Requiem 59
The Hairy Goat 60
Witch in the Mirror 62
I am not pure 63
Love on a steep cliff 64
A Love of Freedom 65
Trip Hop 66
A Kuku poem on an 18th 67
Forked Tongue 68
Ad hoc love poem 69
Etching of Mount Brandon 70
Motherload 71
Three Friends 72
Lioness 73
Dark Angel 74
Come on Up to the House 75
Stray Death 76
Pearls from the Wisdom Tree 77

Acknowledgments 79
About the Author 80

84 pages, Paperback

Published March 1, 2020