The Orchid Keeper

by Paul Perry

This is Paul Perry's much-anticipated second collection of poems, confirming the promise of his first which was noted by Fred D'Aguiar among others: "Each poem bristles with life and longing, intelligence and wit. These are lines and stanzas and poems that signal wisdom beyond his youth. In this sense he is a prodigiously gifted poet."

Genres: Poetry

64 pages, Paperback

First published May 30, 2007

About the author

A winner of The Hennessy New Irish Writer of the Year Award, he is a writer who lives in Dublin. He has also written a mystery novel with Karen Gillece under the pen name of Karen Perry.

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Reviews

[Gerry LaFemina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Paul Perry takes numerous risks in this fine collection, shifting "types" of poems, including an ambitious long poem as a section onto itself, and including two prose poems near the book's end flexing his poetic muscularity while maintaining a sense of continuity throughout.