Against the Stream: Selected Poems 2003-2021
‘Allen summons up the textures of language and experience with impressive fluency.’ – Martin Mooney
‘Allen’s voice is intense and clear, but behind the anguish is a sensibility that accepts and perseveres.’ – Maurice Harmon
‘This is poetry that goes for the jugular. Allen’s poetry is marked by its potent, dynamic syntax, and also by his storyteller’s sensibility. Skillfully crafted in their shifting perspectives, there is a great verve and sense of surprise in his lines. He has a fantastic ability to swoop into vivid detail while keeping the poem sweeping onwards. This is tough, sometimes brutal poetry, but still singing; a rich and rough music, just right for our times.’ – Alan Gillis
‘This is a poet writing with maturity and raw honesty and from the height of his literary powers.’ – Niall McGrath
‘Allen is beyond any doubt one of the finest Northern Irish poets his generation has produced.’ – Nigel McLoughlin
‘Allen is an author who knows exactly what he is going to say, and possessed of a rare poetic facility with which to say it.’ – David Woelfel
About the author:
Gary Allen was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. He has published several collections of poetry, a collection of short stories, and two novels. Widely published in international literary magazines and anthologies in Ireland, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, he has been described as one of the most interesting and intriguing of the post-Heaney generation of Northern Irish poets.
ISBN: 9781910996874
No of Pages: 286pp
‘Allen summons up the textures of language and experience with impressive fluency.’ – Martin Mooney
‘Allen’s voice is intense and clear, but behind the anguish is a sensibility that accepts and perseveres.’ – Maurice Harmon
‘This is poetry that goes for the jugular. Allen’s poetry is marked by its potent, dynamic syntax, and also by his storyteller’s sensibility. Skillfully crafted in their shifting perspectives, there is a great verve and sense of surprise in his lines. He has a fantastic ability to swoop into vivid detail while keeping the poem sweeping onwards. This is tough, sometimes brutal poetry, but still singing; a rich and rough music, just right for our times.’ – Alan Gillis
‘This is a poet writing with maturity and raw honesty and from the height of his literary powers.’ – Niall McGrath
‘Allen is beyond any doubt one of the finest Northern Irish poets his generation has produced.’ – Nigel McLoughlin
‘Allen is an author who knows exactly what he is going to say, and possessed of a rare poetic facility with which to say it.’ – David Woelfel
About the author:
Gary Allen was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. He has published several collections of poetry, a collection of short stories, and two novels. Widely published in international literary magazines and anthologies in Ireland, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, he has been described as one of the most interesting and intriguing of the post-Heaney generation of Northern Irish poets.
ISBN: 9781910996874
No of Pages: 286pp
‘Allen summons up the textures of language and experience with impressive fluency.’ – Martin Mooney
‘Allen’s voice is intense and clear, but behind the anguish is a sensibility that accepts and perseveres.’ – Maurice Harmon
‘This is poetry that goes for the jugular. Allen’s poetry is marked by its potent, dynamic syntax, and also by his storyteller’s sensibility. Skillfully crafted in their shifting perspectives, there is a great verve and sense of surprise in his lines. He has a fantastic ability to swoop into vivid detail while keeping the poem sweeping onwards. This is tough, sometimes brutal poetry, but still singing; a rich and rough music, just right for our times.’ – Alan Gillis
‘This is a poet writing with maturity and raw honesty and from the height of his literary powers.’ – Niall McGrath
‘Allen is beyond any doubt one of the finest Northern Irish poets his generation has produced.’ – Nigel McLoughlin
‘Allen is an author who knows exactly what he is going to say, and possessed of a rare poetic facility with which to say it.’ – David Woelfel
About the author:
Gary Allen was born in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. He has published several collections of poetry, a collection of short stories, and two novels. Widely published in international literary magazines and anthologies in Ireland, UK, USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, he has been described as one of the most interesting and intriguing of the post-Heaney generation of Northern Irish poets.
ISBN: 9781910996874
No of Pages: 286pp