Glimpses

In a frantic world the momentary glimpse can spark a sudden flash of insight. This resonating glimpse-caught on the move-ripples through the mind illuminating past and present fast-forwarding in a split second to reveal future possibilities. But in an instant it is gone lost in the bustle of everyday life. In Glimpses Brendan Kennelly opens his eyes-and ours-to the world and times we rush through without looking. With their quick fire wit and timeless wisdom his glimpse-poems are in the tradition of riddles epigrams and proverbs. Sublime or profane joyous or crazily raucous Kennelly's vivid glimpses have a life of their own leaping beyond the words used to summon them up on the page. When lightning flashes the graveyard dances.