With the First Dream of Fire They Hunt the Cold

by Trevor Joyce

Poetry. Trevor Joyce is one of those Irish poets, in the line of James Clarence Mangan, Brian Coffey, and Samuel Beckett, whose work explores new fields and modes rather than dwelling in the familiar. "He is a writer of great integrity and originality, his writing is both exciting and assured and his way of looking at the world is not arcane" - J.C.C. Mays, The Recorder. "His characteristic strengths are astonishing graces of language: he can fuse intricate argument with plain and lovely images and make all moving" - Eavan Boland, Irish Times.

Genres: Poetry

244 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Jim · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a collection of Trevor Joyce's poems up to 2003. I liked his translation and reworking of the medieval Irish poems Sweeny Peregrine. I also liked some of his original poems, but poems such as Syzygy were difficult and completely over my head.

[Gerald · Rating 5 out of 5]

Strikingly complete absorption of 19th-century and modernist influences...

[Geoffrey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Trevor Joyce is a marvel of Irish, well world poetry. His words are fire! I will never sell or swap my copy of this!

[Camille Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Trevor Joyce: Let them eat fire