'I
have given up doubt,
That old worn-out coat.
All that's constant
Is the fact of change:
Pearl of love, grit of pain.'
Two
weeks before his death, at the age of thirty-nine, Seán Dunne
presented to The Gallery Press his third collection of poems.
Time and the Island returns to already visited themes — loneliness,
solitude, and the comfort of companionship comprehended in the
natural world. There are familiar points of reference, including
a number of courageous thinkers (Akhmatova, Lafcadio Hearne
and Thomas Merton), and now recognisable delicate touches.
