Poetry review: Exploration of life’s longings and discovery

Leontia Flynn's 'Taking Liberties' is a rewarding collection, filled with poems that offer quiet wisdom, beautiful imagery and arresting conclusions
Poetry review: Exploration of life’s longings and discovery

A sense of longing permeates Leontia Flynn's collection with the speaker frequently alone in a room, contemplating the outside world, her place in it. 

Sat, 28 Dec, 2024 - 01:00
Seán Kelly

  • Taking Liberties 
  • Leontia Flynn 
  • Cape Poetry, €16.80

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