Herne the Hunter Barbara Soukup Music has always held a

Music has always held a special position among the arts because it is the only art form whose archetype

and Love and Kindness

A man needs a dog to catch long-legged rabbits

a master of rhyme and metre

Herne the Hunter Barbara Soukup Music has always held aHerne the Hunter is the sixth collection from one of Ireland's most accomplished lyric poets. In this new body of work, Peter McDonald deepens his interest in myth and storytelling through the legend of Herne, a phantom huntsman of English folklore. In McDonald's poetic treatment of the legend, opposing forces are held in tension: body and soul, present and past, possession and desire, death and life. The collection's two part structure causes the