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The Darkness of Snow by Frank Ormsby
Frank Ormsby's poetry is deep but never sententious, exhibits great technique but never flaunts it, is of the moment but never trendy. In his most recent volume, The Darkness of Snow, we see memories of his youth in Fermanagh as well as poems of adult years in Belfast, reflecting on the aftermath of the Troubles and the city's restoration while commemorating a life lived in poetry. This collection also includes a sequence that meditates on the art of Irish painters, followed by a series of Parkinson's Poems. Finally, we encounter poems on the atrocities of a village called "The Willow Forest," told by one of the interpreters who understands the difficulties of bearing witness. As the title suggests, this volume is both luminous and dark.
Ormsby, Frank: - Frank Ormsby was born in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, in 1947 and educated at St Michael's College, Enniskillen, and Queen's University Belfast.
He was editor of The Honest Ulsterman from 1969 to 1989, and has also edited a number of anthologies including Poets from the North of Ireland, A Rage for Order: Poetry of the Northern Ireland Troubles, The Hip Flask: Short Poems from Ireland and The Blackbird's Nest: An Anthology of Poetry from Queen's University Belfast.
In 2007 he edited John Hewitt: Selected Poems with Michael Longley.
He is the author of four collections of poetry: A Store of Candles, A Northern Spring (both Choices of the Poetry Book Society), The Ghost Train and Fireflies.
Frank is former head of English at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and is the current editor of The Yellow Nib the literary journal of the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry, at Queen's University Belfast.
He was editor of The Honest Ulsterman from 1969 to 1989, and has also edited a number of anthologies including Poets from the North of Ireland, A Rage for Order: Poetry of the Northern Ireland Troubles, The Hip Flask: Short Poems from Ireland and The Blackbird's Nest: An Anthology of Poetry from Queen's University Belfast.
In 2007 he edited John Hewitt: Selected Poems with Michael Longley.
He is the author of four collections of poetry: A Store of Candles, A Northern Spring (both Choices of the Poetry Book Society), The Ghost Train and Fireflies.
Frank is former head of English at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and is the current editor of The Yellow Nib the literary journal of the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry, at Queen's University Belfast.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781930630826 |
| ISBN 10 | 1930630824 |
| Title | The Darkness of Snow |
| Author | Frank Ormsby |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Wake Forest University Press |
| Year published | 2017-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
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