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12
Language
English
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Published
April 18, 2025
"Smoking on the Fire Escape: Poems of Quiet Defiance" offers a collection of poems that explore rebellion not as a shout, but as a quiet act of resistance. Through themes of endurance, detachment, and wry humor, the poems capture moments of subtle defiance against expectations and norms. These are poems for those who find strength in solitude, who observe the world with a critical eye, and who choose to challenge convention with a knowing glance rather than a raised fist. The fire escape becomes a space for contemplation and a symbol of a personal rebellion, a place to breathe and find one's own truth amidst the noise.
Jason O'Donnel is a mature Irish poet whose work is deeply rooted in themes of memory, reflection, and the passage of time. His lyrical style and nostalgic tone resonate profoundly with those who seek solace and connection in the echoes of the past.
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