Mother, Nature
eBook - ePub

Mother, Nature

  1. 71 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Mother, Nature

About this book

Aoife Lyall's debut collection Mother, Nature explores the tragic and tender experiences of pregnancy and early motherhood, from ante-natal complications and the devastating pain of miscarriage to the overwhelming joy of healthy delivery and healthy infancy. Born and raised in Dublin, Aoife Lyall now lives in the Scottish Highlands. Shortlisted for the Hennessy New Writing Awards in 2016 and 2018, her work has appeared in many literary magazines.

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Information

Year
2021
Print ISBN
9781780375182
eBook ISBN
9781780375199
Subtopic
Poésie

Table of contents

  1. Description
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Prefatory Note
  6. Sounds of that day
  7. Ubi Sunt
  8. Hospital Canteen
  9. The grave diggers
  10. No flowers: by request
  11. Haunted
  12. Month’s Mind
  13. Octopus
  14. Silent Movie
  15. Your name
  16. Starry Night
  17. Hermit Crab
  18. Vaudeville
  19. Easter Sunday
  20. Epithalamion
  21. Labour
  22. After birth
  23. Epidural
  24. Treasure island
  25. Syzygy
  26. Caledonian sleeper
  27. Ships in the night
  28. Minute and far away
  29. Soft spot
  30. Fully Comp
  31. Silt
  32. Saturn
  33. equilibrium (noun)
  34. Aqua vitae
  35. ‘Origami…’
  36. Sacrum
  37. Conditions of Sale
  38. Autumn
  39. Trapeze
  40. 3oz
  41. Seabed
  42. Ithaca
  43. Picking oakum
  44. Loch Ness
  45. Phonograph
  46. Lighthouse
  47. Today is a day for other people’s stories
  48. Baby blanket
  49. Marlfield House
  50. The Wanderers
  51. The ducks
  52. Devoted
  53. On the cusp
  54. Absolution
  55. While the others are away
  56. Squall
  57. Nita, Sri Lanka, 2005
  58. Brough of Birsay, Orkney
  59. Mother, Nature
  60. Hatchling
  61. Tree frog
  62. Our neck of the woods
  63. Cuckoo
  64. Maternity leave
  65. Acrania
  66. Notes
  67. Acknowledgements
  68. About the Author
  69. Copyright