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5.0 out of 5 stars
The finest contemporary Irish poet,
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This review is from: The Ghost Orchid (Paperback)
Michael Longley is unusual not only because he has the courage, in these ironic, post-modern days, to write with an intense lyricism. What is more unusual still is that this lyricism, this music, derives as much from the power and clarity of his thoughts as from the play of the sounds. For example, the first four lines of this poem about the sectarian conflicts in Northern Ireland: Some people tried to stop other people wearing poppies/ And ripped them from lapels as though uprooting poppies/ From Flanders fields, but the others hid inside their poppies/ Razor blades and added to their poppies more red poppies.
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The Ghost Orchid by Michael Longley (Paperback - Dec. 1996)
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