I bhfoisceacht dá bhliain dá chéile, i lár na nóchaidí a cailleach athair is máthair an fhile. Is as an tréimhse úd a fáisceadh véarsaí an chnuasaigh seo.

The poems in this collection were composed after the death of the poet’s father and mother in the mid-nineties.