Collected Poems

Collected Poems brings together the work of a poetic lifetime by this celebrated Irish poet, from 1957 to 1999, as well as a number of new poems. This landmark collection displays Cronin’s innate lyrical gift, his honesty to human experience, his range, his always immanent humour and sheer poetic intelligence.

Collected Poems, comprehensive and authoritative, also brings together the longer compositions that have been a notable part of his poetic practice – from RMS Titanic, described by Paul Durcan as ‘a major work’, to The End of the Modern World, which Anthony Burgess declared ‘should be as well-known as The Wasteland.”

In its depth, eloquence and poetic power, Collected Poems will surprise even Anthony Cronin’s most fervent admirers.

Praise for Anthony Cronin:

‘Cronin is one of our finest and most dedicated poets, his work stretching back more than 50 years to a time of pre-ironic reality. Now, when radical thought, even art itself, have been plausibly co-opted for new extinction, his warm commitment and tenacious artistry remind us of the supreme value of the enterprise’ Derek Mahon

'It is as if some of the strenuum of the best Irish prose had entered the verse at last' CH Sisson

‘I do not wish to diminish the serious import of the poems but I confess – and I rejoice to do so – that what I value most is the thrill of his use of language, the pitch of one man’s unmistakeable voice’ Paul Durcan

‘We need him. Not a poet in Ireland should feel confident he is better’ James Simmons