“When They Come Home”

Mary Melvin Geoghegan’s collection of poems “When They Come Home”, published by Summer Palace Press, will have a launching in the Botanic Gardens on the 23rd of August.

Her first collection "The Bright Unknown" was published by Lapwing Publications in 2003. Poems have been widely published in poetry magazines and elsewhere, she has edited collections of children’s poetry and facilitates creative writing groups.

The poems in this collection are intensely moving. Experiences from her personal life delivered in a very individual but readable style. She moves in and out of recollections seamlessly, reminding us that we are constructs of our past; we face the future lugging our lives on our backs. She does not hammer her message but presents it in images that hang lightly before us. You see them, dwell on them, recognize them and you look again at yourself.

Sometimes it takes someone else to jog your thoughts, to remind you of the love you take for granted; this is one of those books.

The launching is open to the public, I’ll have more information nearer the time.