Poetry from the co-founder of Dodo Modern Poets
Palewell Press, March 2018
Why
The Ghost of Franz Kafka?
Kafka was a socialist and many of these poems adopt a progressive viewpoint
while nodding to the alienation in Kafka's world. Speaking out against
injustice tells us the ‘ghost’ is very much alive. There is light amongst the
darkness. Sappho's home, Lesvos, long an inspiration to poets, appears
alongside eulogies to the author's Irish roots. Elsewhere, poets, artists and
first love are celebrated together with postcards, watermelons, honeymoons and
windmills. And if you ever need to explain poetry to a cab driver, look no
further…
Marinated in sympathy, compassion and a
deep love for humanity, spiced with insight, inspiration, wry humour, rooted in
a deep sense of emotional geography and history, and informed by political
commitment. Patric Cunnane’s poems in The
Ghost of Franz Kafka, always open new perspectives and provide unique
insights. PR Murry, poet, artist
and political animal
Patric
Cunnane views mankind through a journalist’s eyes, voicing his political
concerns with humour and compassion. From the refugee facing ‘Bullet-faced men
guarding razor-wire fences’, to the father mending broken clocks, these poems
reveal and seek to heal ‘The secret hurt at the heart of time.’ Frances White, latest collection, Swiftscape
The
Ghost of Franz Kafka
from Palewell Press, UK
ISBN:
978-1-911587-00-2 Publication: 2018
The Ghost of Franz Kafka
is the ninth collection of poetry from Folkestone-based Patric Cunnane. A long-term
member of the Poetry Society, he also writes short stories and plays. Patric
was born in Purley of Irish parents. Along with fellow poet and artist PR
Murry, he runs Dodo Modern Poets. A journalist by trade,
in 1984 with union colleagues, he founded the socialist cabaret, Ragged
Trousered Cabaret, to provide entertainment and raise funds for the embattled
labour movement during the Thatcher years. And in the early eighties, he was active
in performance groups Tongue Circus and Worthless Words. Other titles by the
author include “Dance Music”, “Baltimore”, “Looking For Eden” and “Roads.”
Palewell Press
is an independent publisher handling poetry, fiction and non-fiction with a focus
on human rights, social history, and the environment.
If you’d like more information about The Ghost of Franz Kafka or to schedule an interview with Patric Cunnane, contact Camilla
Reeve, Senior Editor via enquiries@palewellpress.co.uk or
+44(0)771-332-7217
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