Love Is Unhappy When Love Is Away: Collected Poems of Love, Loss, and Longing

by James Joyce

Overview

In this tender and beautifully curated volume, Love is Unhappy When Love is Away gathers James Joyce's most intimate and emotionally resonant poems.

Drawn from across Joyce's poetic output, this collection includes lyrical gems such as 'Rain Has Fallen All the Day', 'My Dove, My Beautiful One', and 'Because Your Voice Was at My Side', capturing moments of longing, fleeting passion, spiritual connection, and sorrow. Whether through the musical delicacy of 'Bright Cap and Streamers' or the haunting intensity of 'I Hear an Army', Joyce's verse explores the complexity of love with rare emotional clarity and timeless elegance.

This new collection invites readers to discover Joyce not just as a revolutionary modernist, but as a poet of profound feeling and lyrical grace. A perfect gift for lovers of poetry, literature, and timeless expressions of the heart, Love is Unhappy When Love is Away is a moving tribute to the joys and sorrows of love in all its forms.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781528724623
Publisher:	Ragged Hand - Read & Co.
Publication date:	06/05/2025
Pages:	56
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.14(d)

About the Author

One of the 20th century's greatest writers, James Joyce was born in Dublin in 1882, and his native city is at the heart of his best-known books: Ulysses, Finnegans Wake, and the short story collection Dubliners. His flowing, sometimes musical, often challenging prose has provoked and inspired generations of readers. He died in 1941.

Date of Birth:

February 2, 1882

Date of Death:

January 13, 1941

Place of Birth:

Dublin, Ireland

Place of Death:

Zurich, Switzerland

Education:

B.A., University College, Dublin, 1902

Website:

http://www.jamesjoyce.ie