Decoding Samara

by Patrick Deeley

Patrick Deeley's fourth poetry collection uses the imagery of trees to explore human emotions. The poems move from mythology -- the Dryads of the woods, the local legends -- to a suburban landscape where the memories of trees and the presence of timber create an unsettling effect, imaging that of the human struggle to make sense of our environment. The title signifies coming to understand the relationship with our environment, samara being the one-seeded fruit, with a wing, of some trees.

64 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2000

About the author

Patrick Deeley is a teacher and poet.He also runs a workshop in Ballyfermot, specialising in children's poetry. Originally from Loughrea, County Galway, he has spent more than half his life teaching in Dublin.