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In setting the poets side by side, this volume also highlights the two main faith traditions of the West: Deane with his Roman Catholic background, rooted in the landscape of Mayo; and Harpur with his Protestant (Church of Ireland and Quaker) heritage, influenced by myth, medieval history and mystics. Their two approaches to everyday life and ultimate reality – including nature, saints and mystics, music, art, prayer, and issues of faith and doubt – combine to make a single volume full of lyrical beauty and powerful witness. In addition, an afterword consisting of an informal dialogue between the two poets complements in prose the themes their poems explore. This is a book to challenge, console, delight and make its readers think again about their own journeys through this “vale of soul-making”.

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“Both truth-tellers who deal in beauty and a special lyric humility, Deane and Harpur have created an extraordinarily resonant duologue about the spiritual journey.” Fiona Sampson, poet and editor

DARKNESS BETWEEN STARS

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      Publisher IRISH PAGES
      Published 15 August 2022
      ISBN-13 9781838201852
      978-1838201852
      ISBN-10 1838201858

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In setting the poets side by side, this volume also highlights the two main faith traditions of the West: Deane with his Roman Catholic background, rooted in the landscape of Mayo; and Harpur with his Protestant (Church of Ireland and Quaker) heritage, influenced by myth, medieval history and mystics. Their two approaches to everyday life and ultimate reality – including nature, saints and mystics, music, art, prayer, and issues of faith and doubt – combine to make a single volume full of lyrical beauty and powerful witness. In addition, an afterword consisting of an informal dialogue between the two poets complements in prose the themes their poems explore. This is a book to challenge, console, delight and make its readers think again about their own journeys through this “vale of soul-making”.

      Trade Review
      “Both truth-tellers who deal in beauty and a special lyric humility, Deane and Harpur have created an extraordinarily resonant duologue about the spiritual journey.” Fiona Sampson, poet and editor

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