We Are The Songs Of Weather

The 18 poems in this collection by Newfoundlander Des Walsh, a key participant in the St. John’s cultural rebirth of the 1970s has six books of poetry including, Seasonal Bravery, The Singers Broken Throat and the acclaimed Love and Savagery. The poems are “intensely lyrical exploring the intersection of relationships and place, between images of lichen-covered rocks and angels. a persistent motif is tortured emotions of one trying to be “sure of his place” .

Hand printed in a limited edition of 60 copies, on hand made papers with 20 wood engravings, and a hand coloured frontispiece.