'. . . poems
set down like careful nests of images, thoughts and names.' — Sean Dunne, The Cork Examiner
'It
is an act of love these. . . poems perform, conscious all the
while of their own vulnerability.' — Gerald Dawe, The Irish Times
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A
central group of poems in Seán Lysaght's second collection
adjusts the perspective of his earlier field notes and nature
sketches and explores questions of individual integrity through
the motif of the scarecrow. Other poems recharge familiar landscapes with images from natural
history and science. There is an emphasis throughout on freeing
feelings and objects from the cumber of the past, while keeping
faith with those locations where 'things are sung'.
