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Arts, Creative, FIne Arts, History, Hmmn Interesting, Literature, Skills, Words etc 1847, Dublin, Eavan Boland, Ireland, Irish Poetry, Quarantine, Stanford, The Famine, Writing
Without any doubt Eavan Boland had been my favorite living Irish poet. Her poetry embodied the essence of Irishness, Ireland’s tragic and melancholic history, with it’s lovelorn and forelorn. I have posted two of her poems on puppies and flowers before: Amber and The Lost Land. This piece is a […]
Arts, Creative, Europe, FIne Arts, Politics, Words etc Dublin, Eavan Boland, Irish Poet, Irish Poetry, Irish Writers, Stanford
The Lost Land I have two daughters. They are all I ever wanted from the earth. Or almost all. I also wanted one piece of ground: One city trapped by hills. One urban river. An island in its element. So I could say mine. My own. […]