Naming of the Bones by John F. Deane Paula Meehan an illumination arrives and 'there

an illumination arrives and 'there is nothing that cannot be seen'

and a host of others who haunt the poem’s present-day walker

" —Andrew McMillan

North of Oxford and AppleValley Review

Naming of the Bones by John F. Deane Paula Meehan an illumination arrives and 'thereThe poems in Naming of the Bones touch on Christian values and work towards a significant faith, at the same time focusing on the wonders of an evolving cosmos. The poems delight in the things of the earth, suggesting a secular Christianity. They hope justice will overcome human greed and violence, while they assent to the seasons developing of our landscapes and the beauty and dangers of our place in creation. The sequence 'Like the Dewfall' works