A remarkable first collection by an important new poetIn this collection, Sean Hewitt gives us poems of a rare musicality and grace. The collection ends with a series of elegies for the poet's father: in the face of despair, we are met with a fierce brightness, and a reclamation of the spiritual.

Originally published by the Talbot Press, Dublin, in 1918 after his execution by the British Government for his involvement in the 1916 Rising, Roger Casement's poetry has long been a collector's item. To coincide with Pride 2026, New Island will publish a new edition of SOME POEMS OF ROGER CASEMENT, with a newly commissioned introduction by the award-winning poet, memoirist, novelist and literary critic, Seán Hewitt.  In his day, Roger Casement was a man who appeared to contain many contradictions: decorated British diplomat, Irish Protestant and martyred Irish nationalist. He was a...