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Cover of The Blue Guitar Poetry Collection by Padraig O'Morain



The Blue Guitar was published by Salmon Poetry in 2011. It includes 56 poems, among them most of the poems from You've Been Great. 
Link to publisher.
Cover of You've Been Great poetry collection by Padraig O'Morain



You've Been Great was published by Smith/Doorstop in 2008 as one of the joint winners of the Poetry Business Award in 2007. It contains 20 poems. Most are also in The Blue Guitar. Link to publisher.
Jane Draycott on The Blue Guitar:
In these dynamic, musically-arcing poems Padraig O'Morain weaves his subtle, capturing narratives with the skill and relish of a natural story-teller. The poems in The Blue Guitar conjure all at once both the pathos of the individual human situation and all the echoes of the wider world beyond.

Alison Brackenbury on You've Been Great:
This is a quiet poetry, strong with the humours and occasional
horrors of country life, affectionate but never sentimental, its music grave and necessary as time.
Meg Peacocke on You've Been Great:
The power of these poems isn't to be underestimated: their apparent simplicity arises from well-digested experience and a habit of accurate observation. Not a word is wasted, but there is tenderness and humour here and a very good ear at work.
List of poems
All the poems here were published in poetry magazines (mostly print), in my collections The Blue Guitar (Salmon Poetry 2011) or You've Been Great (Smith/Doorstop 2008) ​