← Derek MahonHarbour Lightsby Derek MahonPoems about aging, mortality, and light reflecting on an aging harborFind on Amazon↗About the authorDerek MahonNorthern Irish poet whose The Snow Party and Harbour Lights are celebrated for their formal elegance and civilizational melancholy. He is one of the finest craftsmen in contemporary Irish poetry.More by Derek MahonNight-CrossingPoetry blending impressionism with intellectual reflection on love and exile→The Snow PartyCollection exploring loneliness, desire, and the snow as metaphor for isolation→The Hunt by NightPoems of danger, violence, and nocturnal disturbance in modern life→The Yellow Book→
