{"product_id":"southward-poems-9780807117347","title":"Southward: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \"Home from Home,\" Greg Delanty encapsulates an immigrant's lament: \"I'm in a place, but it is not in me.\" A native of Ireland who now spends much of his time in the United States, Delanty has assembled in \u003ci\u003eSouthward\u003c\/i\u003e a collection of poems whose settings are predominantly Cork City and County Kerry, in the southernmost part of the Irish Republic, a region warmed by the Gulf Stream and by a people whose language is as vivid as the area's abundant wild fuchsia. In \"The Fuchsia Blaze,\" Delanty writes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The purple petticoated \u003cbr\u003e \u0026amp; crimson frocks\u003cbr\u003e of the open flowers\u003cbr\u003e are known as Dancers, blown by the fast \u0026amp; slow\u003cbr\u003e airs of the wind;\u003cbr\u003e one minute sean-n s melancholy, \u003cbr\u003e the next jigging \u0026amp; reeling \u003cbr\u003e like Irish character itself \u003cbr\u003e \u0026amp; like these, my fuchsia verse, \u003cbr\u003e struggling to escape \u003cbr\u003e the English garden\u003cbr\u003e \u0026amp; flourish\u003cbr\u003e in a wilder landscape \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn many of the poems Delanty evokes the Ireland that was and is, while in others he mourns the loss of a lover, the death of his father, separation from his mother. In \"The Emigrant's Apology,\" through a haunting image of a black-scarfed woman worshiping alone, he describes his mother, who, with the loss of her husband and the scattering of her family, is a symbol of the grief of separation from his mother. In \"The Emigrant's Apology,\" through a haunting image of a black-scarfed woman worshiping alone, he describes his mother, who, with the loss of her husband and the scattering of her family, is a symbol of the grief of separation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Always home in the natural world, even in his adopted landscape, Delanty closes the book with a handful of poems set in the United States. The imagery of these latter poems ranges from a quiet pond in southern Florida to a military base on the border of Canada, and their concerns range from the personal to the political.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGreg Delanty\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Cork City, Ireland, and maintains dual citizenship in Ireland and the United States, where he now lives. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ship of Birth\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Blind Stitch\u003c\/i\u003e, among many other books, and he has received numerous awards for his poetry, including a 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"LSU Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328596742418,"sku":"9780807117347","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5bb02471-d1a8-496b-ad47-1cf86a352815.jpg?v=1727745012","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/southward-poems-9780807117347","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}