Life on Earth

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?Given a choice of worlds, here or beyond, I'd pick this one not once but many times . . .'? from?Homage to Goa' The publication of a new book of poems by Derek Mahon is a momentous occasion. Life on Earth collects, and adds to, work which has appeared recently in limited editions. It opens with celebrations of notable exemplars: Coleridge, Chekhov, the novelist Brian Moore. This echo poetry extends to?Art Notes' on Hopper, de Staël and others, followed by the eco-poetry of the?Homage to Gaia' sequence on environmental themes. A substantial and positive volume distinguished by its l.;Front Cover; Note to Reader; Praise for Life on Earth; Editor Info Page; Title Page; Contents; Dedication; Ariadne on Naxos; Biographia Literaria; Trigorin; Brian Moore's Belfast; Quaderno; Insomnia; Somewhere the Wave; Tara Boulevard; Goa; Circe and Sirens; The Lady from the Sea; Art Notes; The Clifden Road; Research; A Country Road; Homage to Gaia; Turtle Beach; Homage to Goa; About the Author; Also by Derek Mahon; Copyright; Back Cover.