Samhain: And Other Poems in Irish Metres of the Eighth to the Sixteenth Centuries

by Robin Skelton

Skelton's collection celebrates the poetry of Ireland through eight centuries. This is part of a larger project in which he has composed poetry in other Celtic verse forms. The author is world renowned. He was born in Yorkshire in 1925 and now lives in Victoria British Columbia, where he taught at the University for almost thirty years. He has been fascinated by Irish writing since the early '60s and has edited both J. M. Synge and Jack B. Yeats. His own poems about Ireland have appeared in throe books An Irish Gathering, An Irish Album, and Remembering Synge.

Genres: Poetry

52 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1995

About the author

Robin Skelton was a writer and poet. He also wrote as Georges Zuk.

Reviews

[Alexander Martin · Rating 3 out of 5]

My favourite was "The Toys."