Namanlagh by Tom Paulin Eighteen months later

Eighteen months later

with nostalgic balsam branch designs

from cradling seas to starfalls

Take Charlotte Bronte with you wherever you go and be transported to a world of literary greatness

This is a story about life

Namanlagh by Tom Paulin Eighteen months laterIn his first collection for more than a decade, Tom Paulin revisits themes of place, occupation, conflict and legacy, primarily in the context of his native Northern Ireland. Stories and memories, even histories, are shown to be both frail and persistent, troubling and vital. There is a powerful austerity in play as he sets aside the rhetorical force and linguistic dazzle for which he is renowned, to speak simply of later life and the losses it