Monday, January 20, 2003
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Rating: ★2.6
I lie and imagine a first light gleam in the bay
After one more night of erosion and nearer the grave,
Then stand and gaze from the window at break of day
As a shearwater skims the ridge of an incoming wave;
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Lamont Palmer
16 November 2006
Beautifully structured poem. My favorite Irish poet. I think he's better than Heaney. -LP
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8/6/2025 4:00:34 PM # 1.0.0
I rate Derek Mahon highly as an Irish-English poet. I would like to see more of his poems listed, in particular 'A Disused Shed in Co. Wexford' and quite a few others.