Description for Opening Time
Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 159.
In Opening Time there is a sense of a life richly lived and imaginatively examined. Time in both historical and personal terms is central to these poems that meditate on life, creation, and continuity. Delap is an experienced sailor, and the sea is ever present. The insights of a lone sailor, especially along the west coast of Ireland, are presented within a multigenerational family context and an informed historical perspective.
Sweeney
These weeks of Aprilmay spring to life
rinsed and over-rung by song.
Blackbirds are calling everywhere
in more than thirteen ways.
It cannot last. Yesterday
I ... Read more
In Opening Time there is a sense of a life richly lived and imaginatively examined. Time in both historical and personal terms is central to these poems that meditate on life, creation, and continuity. Delap is an experienced sailor, and the sea is ever present. The insights of a lone sailor, especially along the west coast of Ireland, are presented within a multigenerational family context and an informed historical perspective.
Sweeney
These weeks of Aprilmay spring to life
rinsed and over-rung by song.
Blackbirds are calling everywhere
in more than thirteen ways.
It cannot last. Yesterday
I ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
Galway, Ireland
ISBN
9781851321162
SKU
9781851321162
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2
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