Reviews

The Brazen Serpent by Eilean Ni Chuilleanain

12dejamoo's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

Ahhhh I loved this poetry collection. Some references/cultural bits/history bits/general stuff I definitely did not get, but isn't that often (if not always) the way with poetry collections? Ní Chuilleanáin is a master of language, painting these vivid and tangible images with such simple words. I particularly loved The Pastoral Life. Like when I finished it I just had to sit there and hold back tears. What a beautiful collection.

My favourites (to come back to later) were:
Hair
La Corona
All For You
A Glass House
Saint Margaret of Cortona
The Bee and the Rapeseed
A Note
Home Town
Woman Shoeing a Horse
Daniel Grose
The Pastoral Life
That Summer
A Hand, A Wood