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Following his acclaimed memoir The Invisible Prison, Pat Boran's first full-length collection since his New and Selected Poems sees him explore questions of love, belonging and connection, recognising that small and great challenges alike may be entry points to new beginnings, and that the instinct to sing and praise has never been more relevant or crucial. Despite echoing the promise of religious belief, The Next Life of the title is entirely to be found in the here-and-now and the near-to-hand, in the play of sparrows on a lawn, the death-exploring game of his two small children (‘Let’s Die'), and in the trust and faith of lovers whispering together “words never uttered before”.
Dedalus Press 2012
Translated into: Italian
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