The Tumbling Paddy - Frank Ormsby no discount On the desolate battlefields of

On the desolate battlefields of northern France

When Gon faces a ruthless opponent in his first match

Bothy is a stirring

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The Tumbling Paddy - Frank Ormsby no discount On the desolate battlefields ofFrank Ormsby's eighth collection of poems is, on the whole, a playful book which constantly surprises us with serious themes. History is the word and history the image, whether as in a dream about Auschwitz or a portrait of the History Club on its annual outing. Then spirit of place is richly imagined, whether in the form of `Juggy', the `simpleton' sleepwalking through the estate, or the humanised tumbling paddy, both clumsy celebrant and instrument