Sauntering down to the pale, surf-sluiced sands
along this narrow estuary of shade:
a rough rhapsody of rowan trees,
convolvulus and blackberries,
steeped in the scent of rain-drenched earth
on a summer’s afternoon.
The voices of teenagers carry on the wind,
sharp as a shoal of rocks against the sea’s rush,
carrying me back to West Cork in another century.
So begins The Pool and Other Poems, a collection of poetry which explores life at the extremities of joy or in sorrow, and many points in between. The book includes a foreword by Grey Gowrie and illustrations by Rosanna Kelly.