MIST BECOMING RAIN: SELECTED POEMS of AUSTIN CLARKE F Starik without sacrificing a note of

without sacrificing a note of its urgency or remarkable skill

use of toxic pesticides and industrialised farming

intimate narratives cling to the future through memory

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‘Małgorzata Lebda’s poetry never ceases to amaze the reader

MIST BECOMING RAIN: SELECTED POEMS of AUSTIN CLARKE F Starik without sacrificing a note ofOutstanding"Austin Clarke is a massive presence. He is a master craftsman whose Collected Poems brings his work before us in all its range and variety, its strength and humanity' The Irish Times A new selection of work by Austin Clarke, one of the most significant poets of twentieth century Ireland " whose short lyrics remain among Ireland's best loved poems. This revelatory new selection shows how Clarke's life and work describe the tensions between