Jane Clarke's lyrically eloquent poems bear witness to the rhythms of
birth and death, celebration and mourning, endurance and regrowth. An
elegiac sequence, inspired by the loss of her father, moves gracefully
through this second collection. Rooted in the everyday and backlit by
mystery, here are poems to savour and return to, for the pleasure of
finely honed lines that powerfully evoke the depth of our connections to
people, place and nature. Jane Clarke's first collection, The River, was
published by Bloodaxe in 2015 to both critical and public acclaim. When
the Tree Falls is shortlisted for two of Ireland's premier literary
awards, the Irish Times/Poetry Now Award 2020 and the Farmgate Café
National Poetry Award 2020.