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Poetic Licence in a Time of Corona by Chris Fitzpatrick

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A medic finds healing for himself by writing poems on his phone as the pandemic grips –  rhythm, rhyme, haiku, a list-poem of what to do when someone can’t breathe (and why you wouldn't kneel on their neck), why Lionel Richie keeps sending him emails, reading a letter from Jürgen Klopp written to his brother who is dying. Chris Fitzpatrick finds comfort in poets past, in Strictly Come Dancing, in thinking about what he might say to the Brazilian woman at the checkout when it is all over. His fear, his grief, his laughter, his joy become ours too, as we are healed by the power of his words — a stream of consciousness, a memoir, a narrative of blank verse documenting two extraordinary years, 2020 – 2022. 



Price includes post and packaging. Paperback cover; ISBN: 978-0-9927368-8-0; pages: 80; printed and bound in Ireland; size 210mmx148mm; Cover design by Garrett Bennis.

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Reviews

The Visual Time Traveller
This is a labour of love, insanity, beauty and, perhaps, an attempt to reintegrate history, art and science together again.
  Simon Cocking Irish Tech News

Crabbing
Her range of language is both staccato and soft, in succinct verse, which encourages you to read this aloud, truly the best way to engage in the emotional depth of a poem. 
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Deirdre Conroy Sunday Independent

Poetic Licence in a Time of Corona

​Your poems tell us all we need to know Ryan Tubridy, RTE Radio podcast
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  • home
  • about
    • letters >
      • 2021 to 2022
      • 2019 to 2020
      • 2018
      • 2010 to 2017
    • Newsletter
    • Poetry
    • articles >
      • Cruise ships in Dun Laoghaire harbour a Titanic mistake
      • An Irishwoman's Diary
      • On Dun Laoghaire (and walking the pier)
      • Typos
      • The Institute of Psychics?
      • The Physics PR Minefield
      • When Design Matters
  • PUBLICATIONS
    • Proposition
    • Yours etc
    • Crabbing
    • The Visual Time Traveller
    • Collectors editions
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