A Woeful Tale by Derrick Cranpole

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A Woeful Tale

Derrick Cranpole

A Woeful Tale

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Derrick Cranpole

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About the Author

Derrick Cranpole is a retired seafisherman. Born in Cornwall, in England he now lives in the south-east of Ireland. His current writing project is a memoir entitled A Cornish Fisherman's Diary. For more information see his website.

Derrick Cranpole discovered poetry during his time at sea, which took him from the Arctic to the Southern Ocean and from the Americas to the Red Sea.

Remembering bits of verse helped pass the long watches of the night. Back in the early sixties Cranpole found himself on the deck of a lobster boat. Despite many ups and downs he stayed at the fishing and he loved every day of it.

Now he brings together a collection of his own poems recording his observations of life in a fishing community on the south coast of Ireland. Many of his poems have appeared in The Marine Times, Fishing News, Irish Skipper, Inshore Ireland and some have been aired on Radio!

A Woeful Tale by Derrick Cranpole

Poetry. 95 pages with black and white illustrations.

First published in Ireland in 2012 by The Manuscript Publisher

ISBN: 978-0-9571157-1-2

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Reviews, etc

"Over the years I have known a lobster fisherman from the South-East, a man fond of a bit of ironic, sometimes blunt poetry or ditties, particularly when he was infuriated by official policies on fishing." - Tom MacSweeney, Marine Times

"Referring to the fishing industry and maritime matters especially in the South East (it is) a mainly humorous comment on the maritime society of the area and its 'official regulators'." - Ciarán O Mullain, Marine Times

"Cranpole's wry observations and humorous anecdotes make the mind boggle, not because they are too fantastic, but because they are all too real." - The Skipper

"He deals with everyday experiences of sailors and of the issues concerning seamen from bad weather to the EU's common fishery policy. When not dealing with such serious matters, his poems are funny and light-hearted as are also the sketches used to illustrate the book. Here and there we even detected a touch of the Kiplings." - Books Ireland, March 2012.

Hear Derrick Cranpole:

RTÉ Seascapes: Tom MacSweeney's Maritme Log - 12th January 2006 Download podcast
RTÉ Seascapes: Tom MacSweeney's Maritme Log - 29 May 2009 Download podcast
RTÉ Seascapes: Tom MacSweeney's Maritme Log - 19 June 2009 Download podcast

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