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Donegal Suite
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780802313430
ISBN: 0802313434
Label: Dufour Editions
Manufacturer: Dufour Editions
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 64
Publication Date: October 16, 2006
Publisher: Dufour Editions
Studio: Dufour Editions
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Editorial Review:
A collection of poems by an inner-city priest reflecting time spent in IrelandMcNamee is a keen, humane and sympathetic observer of the human condition. He finds inspiration for his verse in all sorts of places...[This book] can be picked up again and again, to experience the elegant wordsmithing and associated morality tales."" --Irish Edition ""In a few deft strokes, the poet paints a picture or presents a moment in time."" --Catholic Library World
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Rating:  - Accessible Mysticism
John McNamee's poetry arises from the contemplative and mystical, even monastic tradition of Christianity. Yet, the author is not a monk. He has served as a parish priest for decades in North Philadelphia, among some of the worst poverty in the world.
The first poems in this collection are observations during a period of solitude in Ireland. The second set of poems come from the author's everyday experience in his urban neighborhoods.
In McNamee's poems, the reader notices ... Read More
Rating:  - "Down to Earth and Holy is the Ground"
After reading a reference to McNamee's short volume of poetry in a recent issue of America Magazine, I wanted to read more. There are echoes of Seumas Heaney in McNamee's poetic style.
When I read: 'Graveyard Mass in Donegal' it became as real a scene as I had experienced in Dundalk on a Saturday in August some 15 years ago. His choice of language is also formed into a style of phrasing that belongs to him and to the revelation of his heart full of caring and grace. Read on.
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