Paul Muldoon Orlando Patterson

Paul Muldoon Orlando PattersonPaul Muldoon is firmly established as among the most challenging of contemporary poets. His work ranges from explorations of his native Ulster, and his life there, to more esoteric subjects such as the discovery of America by a medieval Welsh prince, and the work of creators and philosophers from Auden to Spinoza. Personal and public, complex and probing, surprising and attractive, Muldoon's poetry is a microcosm of the concerns of contemporary

"What I like about Mark Granier's work is his sense of the edgy play in words themselves

who was born in 1902

bees in Rhode Island

He is now Professor of Sociology at Harvard University

and poems that are admixtures of themes

" - Poetry Book Society Bulletin

seeking solace in the control of the classical metre and vision of the master poets who preceded him

"A writer of outstanding talent" – Sunday Times

He explores the lives of individuals hidden from society’s gaze

Macdara WoodsM was born in Dublin in 1942 and has published a number of collections with the Dedalus Press including his Selected Poems (1996)

Osama Dinassouri – Excerpt from My Decrepit Dog

The voice of the poems often wrestles with dualities - pain and grace