Poetry. Bilingual Edition. Translated by Louis McKee. As the medieval Irish monks copied the gospels, they sometimes penned original poems in the margins, often in quatrain form. This book collects 19 such quatrains. The Old Irish text is included above the modern English translation. These poems are witty, whimsical, and sarcastic. A limited edition of handset types, hand letterpress printed, and hand sewn. Printed in five colors. Louis McKee is the author of over a dozen poetry books and chapbooks and his poems have been published in many poetry journals. He is past poetry editor of Painted Bride Quarterly and editor of One Trick Pony. He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Author City: Philadelphia, PA USA

Louis McKee (born July 31, 1951, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) has been a fixture of the Philadelphia poetry scene since the early 70s. He is the author of Schuylkill County (Wampeter, 1982), The True Speed of Things (Slash & Burn, 1984) and eleven other collections. More recently, he has published River Architecture: Poems from Here & There 1973-1993 (Cynic, 1999), Loose Change (Marsh River Editions, 2001) and a volume in the Pudding House Greatest Hits series.