Thursday, July 23, 2015

A Disused Shed in Co. Wexford Comments

Rating: 5.0

Even now there are places where a thought might grow —
Peruvian mines, worked out and abandoned
To a slow clock of condensation,
An echo trapped for ever, and a flutte
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Derek Mahon
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Michael Walker 14 March 2017

One of the very finest poems of modern times, with its refrain ' and in a disused shed in Co. Wexford' so memorable. There is compassion for victims of disasters and war, specifically the Civil War. Quite obscure but brilliant poem.

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