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This is a collection of poetry by a poet who admits to having no idea where poetry comes from, but for whom poetry has been a refuge and a consolation throughout an eventful lifetime spent in a profession that forces confrontation with some of the biggest questions about humanity.These poems will speak softly to you, and make you laugh quietly, as they guide you on a personal and entertaining exploration of memory, history, belief, and the joy...

A retrospective of Patrick Semple's work in short story and poetry with some new pieces. The literary equivalent of a 'mixtape' for your pleasure. So sit back in your favourite chair, preferably with a drop of something nice to sip, and let the maestro direct your attention for a pleasant while.

The craft and industry of writing: This is a book about writing and being published. It has been written in two entertaining sections that will be of interest to all aspiring writers. It starts with a dispatch from the front lines of writing. It is a personal account of Patrick Semple's inspiration for writing and where his determination to have his work published has taken him. It is a 'warts and all' account. It describes the frustration and...

This is the story of a rector as he struggles to understand his duty, his wife and his place in the world. It is a powerful study of addiction in all of its guises. It is a story from the heart as we follow the rector into a growing nightmare of rationalisation. It is a moving story of being an outsider on the inside, set in rural Ireland where one community lives inside the other and ancient tensions and prides are always just beneath the thi...

This collection of short stories looks at the lives of those with an inability to take control of their circumstances. Their predicaments are portrayed with a wry sense of humour and an eye for detail. Every story is another slice of life.

After the events of Transient Beings the former rector finds that he is adrift in an unfamiliar world. We see him come to life having been disconnected from his feelings by the pressures of his wife's alcoholism and his own crisis of faith. As an older, wiser man will he finally find contentment in his life and relationships?

Patrick Semple was born into the minority Church of Ireland community in Wexford at the beginning of the second world war. 'These were the days of Catholic triumphalism when ecumenism in provincial Ireland was non-existent.' 'The Sunday morning service was much more than a meeting for the worship of Almighty God according to the Anglican tradition, it was the coming together of a tiny minority affirming their distinctiveness and their determin...