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    The Chaos Within
    The Chaos Within
    The Chaos Within
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    The Chaos Within

    By Deirdre Grimes

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    IT’S ALL about chaos – the chaos within each of us and the chaos that lurks out there. But these poems, drenched in sensuality, honesty and hope, put a measure of order on that chaos, and separate the light from the darkness of the void. A suckling babe, the smell of church candles, a sleeping child, the unheard scream inside the head, the joys and the angst of parenthood – David Rice, author.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLimerick Writers Centre
    Release dateMay 3, 2018
    ISBN9780463001028
    The Chaos Within
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    Deirdre Grimes

    Deirdre is a graduate of Limerick school of art and design. Her work includes poetry and painting and some sculpture. Her poetry has been published nationally and internationally in many journals including Crannog, The creel, Electric Acorn and Haiku Harvest. The Chaos Within is her first collection.

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      The Chaos Within - Deirdre Grimes

      The Chaos Within

      The Chaos Within

      Deirdre Grimes

      Copyright © Deirdre Grimes 2016

      First published in Ireland by

      Revival Press

      Limerick, Ireland

      Revival Press is the poetry imprint of

      The Limerick Writers’ Centre

      12 Barrington Street, Limerick, Ireland

      www.limerickwriterscentre.com

      www.facebook.com/limerickwriterscentre

      ~

      All rights reserved

      No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form

      or by any means, electronic or mechanical without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages in a review.

      Book design: Patrick Corcoran

      Cover Image: Deirdre Grimes

      ISBN 978-0-9934101-4-7

      A CIP catalogue number for this publication is available from The British Library

      We acknowledge the support of The Limerick Writers’ Centre

      One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.

      Friedrich Nietzsche

      To my family without whose constant support I

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