Your Earth Killing Me

There is a definite lyricism to the poetry of Shane Rooney - like the sadness of a late autumn afternoon or the bitter memory of a lost love. But there is also a hard-edged downbeat quality that balances the tone and brings a reality to the verses and an everyman's dreams and desires to the themes. The poems in Rooney's work, be they set in Paris or Ireland or the author's home region of New England, demonstrate great craft and skillful use of both sound and rhythm. Your Earth Killing Me is a first collection by a talented young poet and hopefully a foreshadowing of a career in letters to come.