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inBelfast.He was Head of English at the Royal Belfast AcademicalInstitution (now retired).His retrospective,Goat's Milk:NemSelected Poems(Bloodaxe Books,2015),includes work from fourprevious collections,A Store of Candles(1977),A Northern Spring(1986),The Ghost Train(1995)and Firefies(2009),together with asubstantial selection of new poems.His latest collections are TheDarkness of Snom(Bloodaxe Books,2017),a Poetry Book SocietyRecommendation,and The Rain Barrel(Bloodaxe Books,2019).Hereads eleven poems from Goat's Milk and The Darkness of Snom onthe CD The Kiss of Light,each followed by a musical compositioninspired by the poem,featuring Anthony Toner(guitar),Neil Martin(cello)and Linley Hamilton (trumpet).  \nHe has edited several anthologies and other books,includingNorthern Windows:An Anthology of Ulster Autobiography(1987),Thine in Storm and Calm:An Amanda McKitrick Ros Reader(1988),The Collected Poems of John Hewitt(1991),A Rage for Order:Poetryof the Northern Ireland Troubles(1992)and The Hip Flask:ShortPoems from Ireland (2001),all from Blackstaff Press,and The Black-bird's Nest (2006),an anthology of poems from Queen's University,Belfast.  \nFrank Ormsby was editor of The Honest Ulsterman from 1969 to1989,and has also edited Poetry Ireland Reviem(nos.53-56).In 1992he received the Cultural Traditions Award,given in memory ofJohn Hewitt,and in 2002 the Lawrence O'Shaughnessy Award forPoetry from the University of St Thomas at St Paul,Minnesota.He was guest of honour at BBC Proms in the Park 2017 at CastleCoole in Northern Ireland;actor Adrian Dunbar read two poemsfrom Goat's Milk accompanied by the Ulster Orchestra and harpistRichard Allen in a specilly commissioned work by Graeme Stewart.He has been appointed Ireland Professor of Poetry for 2019-22.  \nFRANK ORMSBY  \n# The Rain Barrel\n\nCopyright CFrank Ormsby 2019  \nISBN:9781780374925  \nFirst published 2019 byBloodaxe Books Ltd,Eastburn,South Park,Hexham,Northumberland NE461BS,  \nwww.bloodaxebooks.com  \nFor further information about Bloodaxe titlesplease visit our website and join our mailing listor write to the above address for a catalogue  \n1g  \nSupported using public funding by  \nARTS COUNCILENGLAND  \n## LEGAL NOTICE\n\nAll rights reserved.No part of this book may bereproduced,stored in a retrieval system,or  \ntransmitted in any form,or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording or otherwise,  \nwithout prior written permission from Bloodaxe Books Ltd.Requests to publish work from this bookmust be sent to Bloodaxe Books Ltd.Frank Ormsby has asserted his right under  \nSection 77 of the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act 1988to be identified as the author of this work.  \nCover design:Neil Astley &Pamela Robertson-Pearce.  \nPrinted in Great Britain by Bell &Bain Limited,Glasgow,Scotland,onacid-free paper sourced from mills with FSC chain of custody certification.  \nFor Ciaran and Deirdre Carson  \n## ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS\n\nAcknowledgements are due to the editors of the followingmagazines and newspapers in which some of these poemsfirst appeared:Archipelago,Aris,The Cavehill Campaigner,Reading the Future:Nem Writing from Ireland(ed.AlanHayes),The Irish Times,The Nem Yorker,Poetry IrelandReviem,Poetry Reviem,Reading Ireland,and The Tangerine.A number of poems were broadcast on BBC Radio Ulster;BBC Radio 4 and Radio Eireann.  \n'The Second-hand Bookshop'was published in HappyBroms-ing:an anthology in praise of Bookfinders,assembledas a tribute to Mary Denvir when the bookshop closed in2018.  \n‘Abandoned Gardens','Autumnal’,'Saying Goodbye tothe Family'and 'The Poets'were published in 7 poets,7poems,a limited edition of 50 copies,edited by John Brown,for the Fenderesky Gallery,2018.  \n'With Seamus Heaney in Mind’:‘At the graveside'and'Visiting the grave'appeared as separate poems in mycollection The 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