The Island - 9781586540593

The Island begins with a haunting 1848 journal entry from a man jailed on Spike Island in Ireland: Gazing on grey stones, my eyes will grow stony." Nearly 150 years later, Rosemary Canavan, an accomplished poet and painter, teaches literacy at the prison on Spike Island. How do her painter's eyes and poet's spirit meet the the stony grey of prisoners' eyes? Throughout these poems, and especially in her long sequence "The Island," Canavan explores with tenderness and pathos the plight of the incarcerated. With lyrics that seem to be written in primary color, Canavan also celebrates love and children, her struggles as a working mother, and the emerging, vibrant feminist consciousness of a new generation of Irish women"--

• | Author: Rosemary Canavan
• | Publisher: Story Line Press
• | Publication Date: May 11, 2021
• | Number of Pages: 128 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1586540599
• | ISBN-13: 9781586540593