The Tumbling Paddy by Frank Ormsby Emily Hasler adventurous in form and setting

adventurous in form and setting

confronted with moments of vision or almost vision

the liberation of empathetic feeling

Jehanne Dubrow

Mort's lines are timeless

The Tumbling Paddy by Frank Ormsby Emily Hasler adventurous in form and settingFrank Ormsby's eighth collection of poems is, on the whole, a playful book which constantly surprises us with serious themes. History is the word and history the image, whether as in a dream about Auschwitz or a portrait of the History Club on its annual outing. Then spirit of place is richly imagined, whether in the form of 'Juggy', the 'simpleton' sleepwalking through the estate, or the humanised tumbling paddy, both clumsy celebrant and instrument