The Weight of Time

By Pádraig Ó Tuama

P draig Tuama's Nothing but Time questions beginnings, from Eden myth, to personal memory, and the extensions of empire. Reimagining the story of Genesis, the prototypical Adam, Eve, gardens, and angels are reframed and given unexpectedly abrasive voice, beginnings are recounted as humans struggle to become themselves against the mirror of history. In richly contemplative voice, the theologian examines "what the gaze is for." Tuama's poems are reflective, exploring memory and memory's pain; queerness and country-each with borderlines of anguished history; the encroachment of empire, down to the forced imposition of language its complex lines of oppression. Throughout the collection, Tuama employs diverse forms, including the sonnet, the villanelle, sequences, odes and the elegies, written in direct language that echoes everyday speech as easily as it does prayer.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556597150
• ISBN13: 9781556597152
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
• Length: 96 Pages