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Soundings Poetry Book

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    #32
    Howjoe1
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    Callan57 wrote: »
    Oh Lord I'm going to have nightmares tonight :eek:

    I love it now.


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    #33
    goose2005
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    sineadgalway wrote: »
    Hi there,

    A conversation came up among my mates recently about LC english and we got to chatting about the Soundings poetry book. None of us have a copy any more though...

    a) interested to hear people's memories of it
    b)does anyone have a 1990's copy about ehy don't want anymore????


    Cheers!
    I think my mam's old copy is still at home, if you want a True and Honest book instead of the reprint.


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    #34
    IvyTheTerrible
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    I ordered my copy yesterday, I cannot wait til it arrives, some real gems in there!


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    #35
    java
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    IvyTheTerrible wrote: »
    I ordered my copy yesterday, I cannot wait til it arrives, some real gems in there!

    Where did you order it?


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    #36
    IvyTheTerrible
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    java wrote: »
    Where did you order it?
    From the Gill and McMillan website: http://www.gillmacmillan.ie/gift-books/gift-books/soundings


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    #37
    Eliot Rosewater
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    Book Depository is €12.59, which includes free postage. http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9780717148417/


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    #38
    IvyTheTerrible
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    Eliot Rosewater wrote: »
    Book Depository is €12.59, which includes free postage. http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9780717148417/

    Aw crumbs!


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    #39
    Manchegan
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    sceptre wrote: »
    In its absence, as a nice easy anthology for anyone who wants to dip back in, I'd recommend "The Nation's Favourite Poems"

    The Rattle Bag, edited by Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney, is also worth a look.


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    #40
    hatful
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    This is great news. I cherish my copy. One little niggle though I don't like the new red labels etc.. on the cover.


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    #41
    sarkozy
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    I'm so pleased about this. Being a friend of the Martins, it has so much more meaning for me as, often, I'd listen to Gus reciting poems in the book over a few pints in the local. I still have my copy somewhere. In storage somewhere, I think, but I'm worried about some of the boredom-induced inscriptions on some of the pages!


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    #42
    Permabear
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    #43
    sceptre
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    It's in Easons, for anyone who doesn't do the Internet ordering thing. More expensive though, €14.99 if memory serves.


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    Permabear
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    #45
    Eliot Rosewater
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    Wasn't so yesterday. Amazon is sold out too.

    I don't think I'm going to get it. A lot of the poems are already in Harold Bloom's anthology, and I want to read some more mid-20th century poetry, which both Soundings and Bloom understandably omit.


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    #46
    JodTT
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    This is the only one of my school books that I held onto, and to this day, it sits in my bookcase, after many house moves.

    It's refreshing to see so many have such great nostalgic feeling about it!


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    #47
    Misty May
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    I was clearing out a shelf the other day and found my copy of Soundings which I bought second hand in the early 80's. I was delighted and sellotaped the pages back together again. Sorry but I wouldn't part with it.It's hard to see the print with all the helpful biro notes on it.:D


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    #48
    raindog.promo
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    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Soundings-poetry-book/180522771972318?sk=wall

    Revered and hated, this book of poetry is in print again, not for the leaving cert but for the people who have fond memories of sitting in class falling asleep dreaming of 'The bright stick trapped' like in Patrick Kavanaghs 'Canal Bank Walk'


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    #49
    nolo1
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    Saw this book in "Porters" reduced books table, in Wilton Shopping Centre in Cork the other day. It was reduced to 3.99!:)


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    #50
    Lady Chatterton
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    I loved Soundings when I was at school, I still have my original copy but I was given a gift of a new copy recently. It was reprinted in October 2010. http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/kfcwkfmhidkf/rss2/

    It is available from most bookshops and directly from Gill & Macmillan.


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    #51
    JohnfromGalway
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    Overhearing the word a few minutes ago I googled "Soundings."

    Looks like it's for sale http://www.gillmacmillanbooks.ie/general-gift/general-gift/soundings


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