The Ship of Birth

Irish poet Greg Delanty presents a series of poems that explore the birth of a child. These poems log the days before and after a child is born, detailing the wonder and trepidation of parents, the growth of the child, and speculation on the soul and spirit. Written from the vantage point of a father—his hopes, fears, awe, and perplexity—these poems register the seen and unseen interconnections of place, people, the natural world, and the continuity of the past with the present and the future.