When Michael O'Neill senses 'gangs / of shadow' half-beckoning from twilit water, the moment is eerily alluring as well as scary. Fusions of feeling recur throughout a book that has something of the 'dash' and 'darkness' praised in 'Louis MacNeice', along with a strong responsiveness to the physical and visual experience of living. Formally adventurous and alert to change and movement, combining memorable phrasing with a reaching towards the unsayable, Gangs of Shadow brims with imagery of past, present and future; its poems 'seek to bear witness, and above all sing'.
- ISBN10 1906570825
- ISBN13 9781906570828
- Publish Date 31 May 2014
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Arc Publications
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 80
- Language English