Collected Poems

Micheal O'Siadhail knows desire, love, trust, and wonder, while at the same time facing suffering, tragedy, and loss. His life has always been a yearning for meaning, and these four decades of poems work both head and heart towards a ripe wisdom. They are not only richly personal - marriage, friendship, vocation, grief - but also engage with what matters in culture and society - music, language, city life, and the dynamics of history. His deep roots are Irish but O'Siadhail's scope is global. This Collected Poems draws on thirteen of his collections.