Guarding the Flame Muhsin al-Ramli by Vernon Scannell

by Vernon Scannell

eye-pained

Jaime Gil de Biedma

This uncertainty characterised the entire conflict

affection and irritation

Guarding the Flame Muhsin al-Ramli by Vernon ScannellTaking its title from the myth surrounding St Bridgid's flame in Kildare, Guarding the Flame explores women's voices from Irish history and myth, from the every day woman in the market who imagines herself transformed if only briefly, to the voice of the river goddess Sionna, to Joyce's Nora Barnacle. The collection contains poems of nature, of myth, of travel in Europe, Nepal and Africa. There are poems examining belonging unbelonging, metamorphosis,