Wake Forest University Press

Irish Poetry

Paula Meehan - Painting Rain (paperback)

"Nine years in the making, Painting Rain conveys the range of Meehan's preoccupations. ... The collection demonstrates Meehan's wonderful command of technique. Sonnets, tankas (an ancient Japanese poetry form), sequences, brief lyrics in free verse, the subtle use of rhyme: Meehan can do it all. ..."   Women's Review of Books