Waiting for the Storm
by Gerald Mangan
Gerald Mangan’s Waiting for the Storm is a profound poetry collection that navigates the delicate interplay between anticipation and upheaval. With a tone both reflective and urgent, Mangan crafts verses that capture the tension of moments suspended before transformation—whether emotional, environmental, or existential.
The collection’s sophistication lies in its ability to evoke vivid imagery—the gathering clouds, the charged air, the silence before chaos—while delving into the human psyche’s response to looming change. Mangan’s mastery of language is evident in his precise yet lyrical style, where each poem serves as a quiet meditation on resilience, vulnerability, and the inevitable passage of time.
Readers will find themselves immersed in poems that are at once grounded in the natural world and richly symbolic, inviting contemplation on the storms both around us and within us. Waiting for the Storm is a compelling addition to contemporary poetry, appealing to those who appreciate nuanced emotion and refined craftsmanship.
Waiting for the Storm
by Gerald Mangan
Gerald Mangan’s Waiting for the Storm is a profound poetry collection that navigates the delicate interplay between anticipation and upheaval. With a tone both reflective and urgent, Mangan crafts verses that capture the tension of moments suspended before transformation—whether emotional, environmental, or existential.
The collection’s sophistication lies in its ability to evoke vivid imagery—the gathering clouds, the charged air, the silence before chaos—while delving into the human psyche’s response to looming change. Mangan’s mastery of language is evident in his precise yet lyrical style, where each poem serves as a quiet meditation on resilience, vulnerability, and the inevitable passage of time.
Readers will find themselves immersed in poems that are at once grounded in the natural world and richly symbolic, inviting contemplation on the storms both around us and within us. Waiting for the Storm is a compelling addition to contemporary poetry, appealing to those who appreciate nuanced emotion and refined craftsmanship.
Bloodaxe 1990 softback first edition/out of print. A few pages have been dogeared & name is inscribed otherwise a very good copy in very good condition
