A Bloodless Field by Aideen Henry Jean Sprackland a condition that culminated in

a condition that culminated in the recent near-death experience that informs the latter part of the book

Topping explores coming of age

a way of life

and also that thudding-in-the-ears fear of being seen

no one now remembers this story let me tell you how it all happened

A Bloodless Field by Aideen Henry Jean Sprackland a condition that culminated inLove, that Mammoth Thing, the first section in Aideen Henrys third collection, houses candid intimate poems describing loving family relationships, loss and grief, alongside the continuum of female sexuality from the threshold of fertility to long after it ends. The middle section, Sway, opens a window into the parallel world of Irish country dance, rich in its distinctive courting etiquette where traditional gender roles prevail. Cut & Thrust, the