Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Great Regulars: Mark Roper was born in England in 1951.

He moved to Ireland in 1980 and lives in Tobernabrone, County Kilkenny. His poetic achievement is perhaps built on the poise he has attained between the different traditions of Irish and English nature poetry. Even So is his latest collection, published by Dedalus Press. I know it's a wonderfully wrought collection, having read it from cover to cover so as to write its introduction. Grateful thanks to Pat Boran at Dedalus and Mark Roper for their permission to reproduce Hummingbird here.

Hummingbird

from Carol Rumens: The Guardian: theblogbooks: Poem of the week

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