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Tag Archives: Patrick Kavanagh
“Name and name and name the obscure places, people, or events.” — Patrick Kavanagh
Patrick Kavanagh, titanically angry Irish poet, was born on this day in 1904. He came of age during the Celtic Renaissance and he thought it was all a bunch of bullshit. That is not a direct quote. He was much … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin Clarke, Eavan Boland, Ireland, Irish poetry, Michael Schmidt, Patrick Kavanagh, poetry, Seamus Heaney
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The Books: Finders Keepers: Selected Prose 1971-2001: ‘The Placeless Heaven: Another Look at Kavanagh,’ by Seamus Heaney
On the essays shelf (yes, there are still more books to excerpt in my vast library. I can’t seem to stop this excerpts-from-my-library project. I started it in 2006!) NEXT BOOK: Seamus Heaney’s Finders Keepers: Selected Prose 1971-2001. Seamus Heaney … Continue reading
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Tagged essays, Finders Keepers, Ireland, Irish poetry, Patrick Kavanagh, poetry, Seamus Heaney
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The Books: “The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry” – Patrick Kavanagh
Daily Book Excerpt: Poetry The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Volume 2: Contemporary Poetry, edited by Jahan Ramazani, Richard Ellmann, and Robert O’Clair Patrick Kavanagh, great and titanically angry Irish poet, was born in 1904, and while the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ireland, Irish poetry, Norton Anthology of Poetry, Patrick Kavanagh, poetry, politics
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“Having Confessed”
Having Confessed by Patrick Kavanagh Having confessed he feels That he should go down on his knees and pray For forgiveness for his pride, for having Dared to view his soul from the outside. Lie at the heart of the … Continue reading