Comprising eighty-one poems 9-syllable 9-line poems, Irish poet Paula Meehan's extraordinary new collection explores the subjects of loss, return, memory and the power of art, in which the linked but not strictly sequential poems act like tarot cards or i ching hexagrams, providing moments of clarity and insight during "the long night's journey into day."

Paula Meehan was born in Dublin where she still lives. She studied at Trinity College, Dublin, and at Eastern Washington University in the U.S. This is her seventh collection of poems. She has written plays for both adults...