{"product_id":"windfall-irish-nature-poems-to-inspire-and-connect","title":"Windfall: Irish Nature Poems to Inspire and Connect by Jane Clarke","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat does Ireland's nature poetry say about us as a people? How does it speak to us of our past, our inheritance, the values to which we aspire? What clues lie within its language that connect us to our deeper selves and our place within our communities and environments?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs varied as our plants, animals and habitats, \u003ci\u003eWindfall: Irish Nature Poems to Inspire and Connect\u003c\/i\u003e presents a portrait of an ever-changing vista. Jane Carkill's captivating original illustrations of Ireland's rich and diverse natural world add to the sense of enchantment and wonder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach poem pays attention to nature while also reflecting on the loves and losses of our everyday lives. Award-winning poet Jane Clarke's selection includes some of our best-known poets, from Seamus Heaney, Eavan Boland, Michael Longley, Paula Meehan, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and Paul Muldoon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are poems here to make us laugh and cry, to help us celebrate and grieve; poems to put words on what can seem inexpressible as we connect to the other living beings with which we share this island.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Clarke\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the author of three poetry collections, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe River\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2015), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen the Tree Falls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2019) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Change in the Air\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2023) published by Bloodaxe Books, as well as an illustrated poetry booklet, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll the Way Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, (SmithDoorstop 2019). Jane received the Listowel Writers' Week Poem of the Year Award 2016, the Hennessy Literary Award for Poetry 2016 and the Ireland Chair of Poetry Travel Award 2022. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe River\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas the first poetry collection ever shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Award, given for a distinguished work of fiction or non-fiction evoking the spirit of a place. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen the Tree Falls\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas shortlisted for the Pigott Poetry Prize 2020, the Irish Times Poetry Now Award 2020 and the Farmgate Café National Poetry Award 2020 as well as being longlisted for the Royal Society for Literature Ondaatje Award 2020. She grew up on a farm in Co. Roscommon and now lives with her wife in the uplands of Co. Wicklow. www.janeclarkepoetry.ie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45726525653178,"sku":"9781399729611","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/imageloader_77f20d8d-9f47-4976-acfc-d1860afd3370.jpg?v=1774119289","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/windfall-irish-nature-poems-to-inspire-and-connect","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}