Green Gerard Smyth University of London and has

University of London and has held visiting professorships at Columbia University and the University of Wisconsin

The book itself comes in pocket-size A6 format

should run in hidden streams

From the haunting title story by Richard Zimler onwards

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Green Gerard Smyth University of London and hasGreen, Patrick Moran's second collection of poetry, shows a poet trying to reconcile his rural heritage with an Ireland in the process of transition. In doing so, these carefully wraught poems explore the implications of leaving: the parting from loved ones; what is left to us; and the scraps we are left with. The title poem, 'Green', with its elegiac blend of wonder and loss, strikes a characteristic note. As he comes to terms with changing