"Barbara Parkinson lives in Killybegs, County Donegal, a town which lies open to the great demands and wonders of ocean and sky; there are tragedies, there is delight. There is a sense of community, a closeness, a bright wit and uninhibited conversation.

In Barbara's poetry all of this has led to a deliberately worked collection, honed with care and discernment. The imaginative leaps are intimidating, like the ocean, but yield their treasures to those who seek them. Her poetry is a poetry of flesh and spirit, of the intimate entries to the soul. It is an exciting love poetry, demanding and tender, moving with a strongly physical awareness under the broad sail of human sympathy. This is new, true and challenging. I commend it to the waves." John F. Deane
 

About the Author

Barbara Parkinson was born and grew up in Galway and was educated in Galway's R.T.C. where she studied Science. She was one of the first women to fish salmon for a season off the Connemara coast in 1974. She has five children and now lives in Donegal. She was nominated for a Hennessy Award in 1992, was awarded second place in The Patrick Kavanagh Awards in 1993. She was shortlisted for the Open American Poetry Competition in 1994 and nominate as Poet of the Year 1994 by the International Society of Poets, USA. Her radio play Choices was nominated for the P.J. O'Connor Awards in 1992. Barbara's desire to 'deal with a thing while it is still nothing' has led her to writing screenplays in more recent years.

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