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Transition from past to present and beyond lies at the heart of Mary O'Donnell's sixth collection, with its images of women in art, in the grip of cosmetic obsession, in old age and in love. The redemptive ark of the title is capable of carrying all comers on board, both animal and human, from the modern city in its night turmoil, to the rural and ancestral, all undergoing change. O'Donnell attends to the nature of love, loss and continuity, and provides an insight into the complex energies of a struggling global ecology. The rhythms of her own country, Ireland, are keenly observed as it lives out its modern role, partly in flux, partly still aware of ancient connections to land and language. This is a collection from a poet at the height of her powers.
Contents
I History of Happen, Dialogue with Madam Alexei, Following Frida, Ageing Girls, Girls of the Nation, Breaking the Border, Cafe Terrace at Night, 1888, Considering Puccini's Women, Summer, Salsamaggiore, The Sisters of Viareggio II Explroer, Les Francais sont arrives, Die Deutschen Auch, Burren Falcon, The Poulnabrone Dolmen, Heat, An Amnesiac in Dublin, The Mess of Our Lives, Within the Secret State, Rain, That Thief, A Young Fisherman waits for the Weather to change, Rath, Christmas, Lovers can disregard It All, The Ark Builders, III Santiafo de Compostella, Growing into Irish through Galicia, Only on the Edge, Equatorial, The Sea knows, A Need for Devil's Pokers, Seven Monaco Haiku, Blush Season, Taking the Measure, Garage Events, Letting Down His Hair, After, Dead People's Clothes, Random Questions, Scenes from Pre-life, The Bread-maker speaks, Star Reading for a Young Poet, Misirlou IV Pentacle, The Bee-keeper's Son, Lines to an Ancestor before and Operation, Biographical Note.
