{"product_id":"lifting-the-latch-paperback","title":"Lifting the Latch - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrank Dullaghan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinely honed, thoughtful and affecting, \u003cb\u003eFrank Dullaghan\u003c\/b\u003e's accessible poetry is increasingly assured and poised. His language is clear and elegant, but the apparent simplicity contains a depth of experience that these these poems memorable. Digging deep into memory, but eschewing sentimentality, Frank Dullaghan's poetry is insightful, poignant, but ultimately life-affirming. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExcerpt from: 'The Day of the Robin' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDundalk 1966\u003cbr\u003eI grew to understand it often rained\u003cbr\u003einside my father's head, that sometimes\u003cbr\u003ehe went under, drowned.\u003cbr\u003eBut that day he put out his hand\u003cbr\u003eand the robin came to him, a small flutter\u003cbr\u003eof surprise from the close bush. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for previous collections: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Frank Dullaghan's quietly spoken poems move between tenderness and terror with a humane warmth ... The language follows and embraces a wide range of affairs, touching on loved, known and dangerous things - the texture of experience - lightly, unfussily, with a lovely ear for the plain cadence that is, for most of us, the sweet-sad music of being alive.\" George Szirtes\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 92\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.22 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47418867482802,"sku":"9781788640114","price":22.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/a0772727d79b9e7a4a3b09837e1b33de.webp?v=1778461997","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/lifting-the-latch-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}