
Clio's Ground
New and Selected Poems
Fergal Gaynor(Author)
Shearsman Books (Publisher)
Published on 16. May 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
76 pages
978-1-84861-959-3 (ISBN)
Description
"...there is that second strand, the fitful, halting strand of Irish modernism, a bare technique, picked up by Beckett and carried through by writers such as... neo-Classicist poet, Fergal Gaynor. James Joyce would have recognised these contemporary writers instantly, knowing that their modernist efforts to escape from the story-teller material of Ireland should lead to new forms..." -Thomas McCarthy, Irish Examiner
"Few poets have cast a colder eye on the inevitability of decline, without surrendering to it: 'The sclerotic being dismantled, / a fine automaton springs downtrack.'" -Keith Tuma
"Few poets have cast a colder eye on the inevitability of decline, without surrendering to it: 'The sclerotic being dismantled, / a fine automaton springs downtrack.'" -Keith Tuma
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Language
English
Place of publication
Exeter
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 5 mm
Weight
155 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84861-959-3 (9781848619593)
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Person
Fergal Gaynor (b. 1969 in Ireland) has been active in the arts, as a poet, critic, editor, organiser and performer, since 2000. Editor of Southword with Paddy Galvin, he became a regular reviewer with Circa in the 2000s, before founding his own art magazine with Ed Krcma, Enclave Review, in 2010. He was part of the curatorial team for the Cork Caucus in 2005, and helped organise Cork's SoundEye Festival during its twenty-year run. His first poetry collection, VIII Stepping Poems & Other Pieces, was published by Miami University Press in 2011. He is married to violinist Marja, nee Tuhkanen, and has three children, Ella, Tilda and Christopher.
Content
3 Paeans
For Ed
The Octagon
Runes
Cork's Lough
Twinning
The Tower
Las Meninas
After J.S. Bach's 'Musical Offering'
Cubist Portrait of Hippolytus
2 Futurologies
The Furthest Reaches
Guyenne Sketch
On Either Side
of a Blank
Sudoku
Excerpt from 'A New History of Printing'
For Ed
The Octagon
Runes
Cork's Lough
Twinning
The Tower
Las Meninas
After J.S. Bach's 'Musical Offering'
Cubist Portrait of Hippolytus
2 Futurologies
The Furthest Reaches
Guyenne Sketch
On Either Side
of a Blank
Sudoku
Excerpt from 'A New History of Printing'