Deáo

In Deo, Marcas Mac an Tuairneir, an up and coming young poet, released his first collection of Poems in Scottish Gaelic.

This book is fully bilingual Gaelic - English. In his foreword by Martin MacIntyre, he says: "I was privileged to be given a sneak preview of Marcus's work in progress over the last two years or so; you now have the pleasure collected here in 'Deo' and desirous of your active reading. These poems take us to many places, both physical and emotional, and they do so in carefully crafted apposite language.

Fear, darkness and regret are there but also joy and hope and pursuit of a richer world.

We often meet love. As is her wont, her capricious nature reveals anger, dissatisfaction, and bewilderment even, that she is not properly understood.

She is also though capable of forgiveness, of falling head-over-heels, and does not conceal wonder at how deeply she has been stirred from placid repose."