In the Cairngorms by Nan Shepherd elegies The bells that break on

The bells that break on the morning air at the opening of Theo Dorgan’s new collection of poems signal both the beginning of an ordinary day in his native Cork

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In the Cairngorms by Nan Shepherd elegies The bells that break onFirst published in 1934, In The Cairngorms is Nan Shepherds only book of poems. Although she wrote three acclaimed novels, and a remarkable prose meditation on the Cairngorms entitled The Living Mountain, Shepherd considered her poetry to have been her finest work. These poems were all written over a very long period. Each is possessed of a fierce intensity; together, they offer glimpses into what she once called the burning heart of life. Shepherds