{"product_id":"selections-from-ancient-irish-poetry","title":"Bloemlezing uit de oude Ierse poëzie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA cat hunts beside a scholar’s desk, while a blackbird sings above a monk writing in the woods.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelections from Ancient Irish Poetry gathers short poems from early Ireland, brought together by Kuno Meyer. Monks, hermits, scribes, lovers and poets turn their attention to small things. A bird’s song, a scholar’s work and the food in a hermit’s hut become reasons to pause and look closer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNature poems, hermit verses, scribes’ reflections and poems of love and loss form the heart of this collection. Forests, seas, chapels and kings share its world with an old woman remembering her youth. Many voices have no surviving name, yet their pleasures, work and grief feel close.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNature at close range\u003c\/strong\u003e – Listen to birds, wind and stormy seas through poems that linger over the world outside.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA hut in the forest\u003c\/strong\u003e – Enter the quiet world of hermits, where food, water and shelter fill a poem.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLife at the desk\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet scribes whose verses notice the hand, the eye and long hours of work.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLove and passing years\u003c\/strong\u003e – Hear voices of love, loss and age alongside the collection’s quieter pleasures.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSmall poems worth lingering over\u003c\/strong\u003e – Read slowly and aloud, then return to a few lines that hold your attention.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who love short, clear poems, nature and quiet places, or want a first taste of early Irish writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now, and let a small poem bring early Ireland close.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534652244316,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/03097_en_ebook-front_c23.jpg?v=1792175009","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/nl\/products\/bloemlezing-uit-de-oude-ierse-poezie","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}