Wednesday, August 30, 2017
After the Titanic Comments
Rating: ★5.0
They said I got away in a boat
And humbled me at the inquiry. I tell you
I sank as far that night as any
Hero. As I sat shivering on the dark water
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8/2/2025 9:51:04 PM # 1.0.0
A wonderfully sad reverie of tragedy. Derek Mahon had the lasting gift of the right words for the right times. One thinks now of PTSD and survivor guilt but it was ever expressed so poetically. He was one of Ireland’s greats.