John F Deane: 3 books

The poems in this new collection from John F. Deane combine a lyrical grace with a fiercely questing intelligence, pushing against the mysteries of faith in a fractured world, paying tribute to the value of human life and love. Woven throughout the book is a thread of elegy for the poet’s brother,...

Featuring the best poems of one of Ireland’s most popular modern poets, this new work explores John F. Deane’s perennial themes of love—both religious and human. The title sequence traces the development of a Christian life, beginning with expectation and birth and proceeding through youth,...

These are poems that explore the parameters of a contemporary Christian sensibility in an attempt-through the reclamation of the language of sacrament and celebration-to re-invent a meaningful approach to contemporary problems. Moving from sonnet and stories through Biblical echoes, to the music of...