W. T. Quirk – Manx Poet & Writer

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    • Vol 3: Driftwood & Seawrack
    • Vol 4: Putting Out to Sea & other poems
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Shingle

 

Poems inspired by the Manx countryside and people in a variety of styles, on a range of themes encompassing joy in the gift of life, the beauty of the natural world, Manx culture, memory, the passing of time, death, and Christian faith.

Alphabetical list of titles of all poems in the category: Shingle

  • A Brown Song
  • A Secret Glen
  • A Song for the Nation
  • A Summer Vision
  • Above Langness at Sundown
  • Aerystain after the Rain
  • Afloat
  • Air Hostess
  • An Old Man of the Hills
  • Away beyond
  • Beyond
  • Cave Dwelling
  • Chances Missed
  • Christmas Eve at St John’s
  • Conformity
  • Festivity
  • Going to the Fair
  • Horses at Dusk
  • Impulsiveness
  • Long Long Ago
  • Mary Ann
  • Mother
  • Mother Island
  • No More
  • Oil Well
  • Palm Sunday
  • Piano Rain
  • Premature Harvest
  • Sad Eyes
  • Sea Spell
  • Shingle
  • Silverdale
  • St Michael’s Chapel
  • The Crippled Singer
  • The Fairy Child
  • The Roads at Night
  • The Tramp’s Bed
  • Tholt-Y-Will
  • To Tom Brown, our Poet
  • When All Is Quiet
  • Whistling in the Dark
WT Quirk

WT Quirk

The Gaffer’s Tales

The Gaffer’s Tales

Buy a copy of The Gaffer's Tales, 24 Manx Dialect poems by W T Quirk in a beautifully presented booklet with original sketches by the author. £10 only. Audio CD, recorded by Mary Cringle and John Kennaugh, included.

Click here to email the publishers to order your copy or send email to enquiry@wtquirk.com

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