Poems for When You Can’t Find the Words

Description

Poems for When You Can’t Find the Words – A comforting collection from The Irish Hospice Foundation

The new book created in conjunction with Poetry Ireland, includes poems from Seamus Heaney, Brendan Kennelly, Emily Dickinson and Paul Durcan. It is a lovely collection of words to comfort in the most troubled times. Whether you or a loved one are facing the end of life, or if you’re grieving the loss of someone close, you will find solace and refuge here.

Author:

Mary Shine Thompson

The author, Mary Shine Thompson formerly lectured at St Patrick’s College Drumcondra, Dublin City University. Her PhD is in Anglo-Irish Literature. She was called to the bar in 2016 and is a board member of Fire Station Arts Studios and of Restorative Justice Services. Recent publications by the author include ‘Westmeath: literary “stories so far”’ in Westmeath: History and Society, and Skelligs Haul by Michael Kirby (ed.). She is a former chair of Poetry Ireland, the national organisation connecting poetry and people.