Selected and New Poems by John F. Deane PBS autumn recommendations “Frost & Pollen continues Helen

“Frost & Pollen continues Helen Hajnoczky’s spectacular interrogation of language and her experimentation with the porous boundaries between body and earth

Michael Laskey: ‘In this wide-ranging

which makes this such a poignant and genuinely romantic collection

These poems form a series of bad dreams and clear visions that speak to the chaos and fragility of both self and society: the childhood innocence that persists into the resignation of adulthood

Selected and New Poems by John F. Deane PBS autumn recommendations “Frost & Pollen continues HelenJohn Deane opted for a Selected and New rather than the tombstone of a Collected to mark his eightieth year before heaven. He is still a living force, in physical and spiritual space: a Selected Poems (Snow Falling on Chestnut Hill, 2012) already existed. With substantial new work to share, it seemed timely to produce an essential volume, with compelling new work added to underline his work as witness. He has emerged as one of Ireland's most important