Verbum et VerbumVerbum et Verbum is the first part of the trilogy Beyond Our Fears: Part II The Separation of Grey Clouds (Salmon 2002), Part III Homage (Salmon 2006) Anne Lucey of The Irish Examiner has described the Verbum et Verbum sequence as being ' amongst Micheal's best poetry yet the constraints of the intricate verse form suits him'. "In the best of these poems Micheal Fanning relives a South Kerry childhood dominated by the sea, "the great comforter".