20 Poems
‘Published in 2001, 20 Poems was Seán Mac Falls’s first collection of verse and it was acclaimed by every reviewer from Frank Kermode to Christopher Ricks. When Harold Bloom wrote, ‘Mac Falls is an authentic poet. His voice is his own, . . . refreshingly unfashionable.’ he was right to see in his poetry the promise of a new direction. 20 Poems marked the auspicious outset of an acclaimed master. As a first book of poems, it was remarkable for its musicality and original language.
‘ . . . I was stirred and cheered by the vigour of them [20 Poems]. Whitman seems to be among his ancestors, as well as Yeats.’
— John Carey
‘ He is an indubitable poet . . . I have read his poems with real admiration, I recommend him strongly . . . ’
— Harold Bloom
ISBN 10: 1-929812-05-1
ISBN 13: 978-1-929812-05-9
Read the review @ amazon.com
‘ . . . I was stirred and cheered by the vigour of them [20 Poems]. Whitman seems to be among his ancestors, as well as Yeats.’
— John Carey
‘ He is an indubitable poet . . . I have read his poems with real admiration, I recommend him strongly . . . ’
— Harold Bloom
ISBN 10: 1-929812-05-1
ISBN 13: 978-1-929812-05-9
Read the review @ amazon.com
The Blue Falcon
‘With the publication of The Blue Falcon, Seán Mac Falls
fully realized the promise of 20 Poems. In this new book
Mac Falls shows himself to be the authentic, magical thing,
a true poet – original and traditional. In a vast field of
tone deaf, prosaic, unquotable versifiers he is above and one of
those rare singers with a gift for metaphor and trope so authoritative
that most of the others appear like interlopers. Here is a true
believer in the primacy of the word. His poetry is numinous
and outstanding with unmistakable fire and power and his use
of language and imagery is striking. If Blake’s symbols fall and
cut like daggers from God’s city, Mac Falls’s are more akin to
‘needles threading a trail of stars . . .”
ISBN 10: 1-929812-06-X
ISBN 13: 978-1-929812-06-6
Also available @ amazon.com
fully realized the promise of 20 Poems. In this new book
Mac Falls shows himself to be the authentic, magical thing,
a true poet – original and traditional. In a vast field of
tone deaf, prosaic, unquotable versifiers he is above and one of
those rare singers with a gift for metaphor and trope so authoritative
that most of the others appear like interlopers. Here is a true
believer in the primacy of the word. His poetry is numinous
and outstanding with unmistakable fire and power and his use
of language and imagery is striking. If Blake’s symbols fall and
cut like daggers from God’s city, Mac Falls’s are more akin to
‘needles threading a trail of stars . . .”
ISBN 10: 1-929812-06-X
ISBN 13: 978-1-929812-06-6
Also available @ amazon.com