Independent publisher based in Dublin... with an international twist.
€12.00
Paperback Poetry 62 pages
ISBN 9781913598129
Alchemy is an intriguing and compelling début collection from a poet who is already strikingly in command of her craft. Mingling daily life with the numinous, these poems reflect on love and loss, on the milestones of lived experience.
Travelling through time and space, this collection evokes the magic of ancient birds in a New Zealand landscape, the intensive care ward where a loved one lies dying; the daily round of household tasks and the dreamworlds where memory, imagination and reality merge.
Alchemy was runner up in the 2021 Poetry Book Awards and also, shortlisted in the 2022 Rubery Award.
“A gifted raconteur, Fiona Perry beguiles with whimsical and vibrantly etched narratives. Skilfully interweaving sensuous imagery, wry humour and poignant retrospection, Perry dazzles with dalliances into the mythical, and her own vividly imagined other worlds. This first collection is a heady elixer of sublime poetry and captivating story-telling.”
Anne Casey