W. T. Quirk – Manx Poet & Writer

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Sonnets in a New Style

 

W T Quirk was a master of the sonnet form. In these sonnets inspired by his life and experiences on the Isle of Man he pushes the form to see what it can do.
Alphabetical list of titles of all poems in the category: A Sequence of Sonnets

  • A Drowned Bridge
  • A Vision from the Sea
  • Above Langness at Sundown
  • An Old Kissing Gate
  • Approach of Summer
  • April Fool
  • Aquarium
  • Beyond Recall
  • Blackberries
  • Carnival
  • Child in Hospital
  • Conister
  • Death in the Pit
  • Delphiniums
  • Departure from the Airport
  • Derbyhaven – Harbour of Peace
  • Donkeys on the Sand
  • Driving at Night
  • February Transformed
  • Fishermen
  • Good Friday
  • Hands
  • Harvest Moon
  • In Memoriam: M.E.C. (Mary Ellen Cowell)
  • Lux Domi
  • Mount Strange
  • Night’s Sacrament
  • On the Green
  • Plane at Night
  • Question
  • Ready for Departure
  • Red
  • Rock Pool
  • Royal Birth
  • Seagull Picnic
  • Storm in the Wood
  • The Artist’s Reality (Archie Knox)
  • The Chasms
  • The Do-It-Yourself Doctrine
  • The Enigma of a Child
  • The Magnificat (A paraphrase)
  • The New Morality
  • The Vegetable Cart
  • The Water Mill
  • To a Modern Guy Fawkes
  • To a Skylark!
  • To the Manx Poet Thomas Edward Brown
  • Tourist Trophy Races
  • Tourist Trophy Races
  • Watersmeet
  • Where Beauty Dwells
  • Wood Smoke
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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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