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Influences: The ‘Irish’ Poems
by Karen Petersen
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Influences: The ‘Irish’ Poems reflects the region’s unforgiving history and terrible beauty with a kind of wry cynicism, dark humor, and love of Nature that is so characteristic of the Irish philosophy of existence. Unrelenting in their gaze, these poems yield to the unvarnished sentiment of the simple aspect of ‘now,’ whether on the darkness of death or the rambunctiousness of feral felines — and there is something here to captivate every reader.#
KAREN PETERSEN has published poetry, short stories, and flash both nationally and internationally. Her poems have been translated into Persian and Spanish, and she has been nominated for numerous prizes, including ten Pushcarts, and long-listed for the UK’s international Bridport Prize, Forward Prize, and Australia’s Peter Porter Prize. In 2023, her chapbook “Trembling,” published by Kelsay Books, won the Wil Mills Award, judged by Annie Finch, and her poem “The Price of Love” was nominated for Best of the Net. Her most recent chapbook, “Wamponomon: The Place of Shells” was published by Finishing Line Press in 2024, and this current release includes a letter from the President of the United States. More information can be found at: https://karenpetersenwriter.com
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