Irish poet Catherine Walsh is noted for her long poems in experimental forms, and Optic Verve is her most recent such work, following City West (Shearsman, 2005).
Catherine Walsh was born in Dublin, growing up between that city and rural Wexford. She now lives near Limerick, Ireland. Optic Verve is her seventh book, following The Ca Pater Pillar Thing and More Besides, Making Tents, Short Stories, Pitch, Idir Eatortha and Making Tents, and City West.
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