Place Names
Which poem mentions "Gardiner Street"
"Buying Winkles"
I envied
each soul in the hot interior
spare me sixpence and say
sibilance
Either phrase will bring it back
Hearth Lesson
by the fire
I am crouched
Which poem mentions Sean MacDermott street?
"Hearth Lesson"
time slides
slowly down the sash window
fragile as a breathmark on the windowpane
simile
was in 1963 when Miss Shannon
The Exact Moment I Became a Poet
the sewing factory
or mark my words, you'll end up in
Which poem mentions "The Rosebowl Bar"
"Buying Winkles"
hidey holes
where first smokes, first tokes, first gropes
words can pluck you
metaphor
The field itself is lost the morning it becomes a site
Death of a Field
wounds of war
when we have licked the wounds of history
Which poem mentions St Stephen's Green
Them Ducks Died for Ireland
she'll see
his fancyman and raise him the Cosmo Snooker Hall
tell yer Ma I picked them fresh this morning
Colloquial language
Time slides slowly down the sash window
Them Ducks died for Ireland
the lack of it
Even then I can tell it was money,
Which poem mentions Buckingham Street?
Prayer for the Children of Longing
The Green
is a great lung, exhaling like breath on the pane
While Zeus and Hera battle it out
hyperbole
Great tree from the far northern forest
Prayer for the Children of Longing
an alchemical scene
The flames were blue and pink and green. A marvellous sight,