That Ship Has Sailed synthesizes the serious and comic to address sex, love, loss, death, belief, the afterlife, and the past. The poems are honest and direct without sacrificing “the uncertainties, mysteries, and doubts” that Keats singles out in his notion of “negative capability,” alluded to in the title poem. Amplified by the poet’s work as a traditional Irish musician and composer, language is the adhesive that brings the work together across the avant-garde to traditional forms and meters.
- ISBN10 0822967057
- ISBN13 9780822967057
- Publish Date 14 February 2023
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Pittsburgh Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 88
- Language English