Inniskeen Road: July Evening Comments

Very deep poem and lyrical too

In a certain mood anyone can feel like this; not just a poet. Like you're missing out on something you should be at, but nobody thought to invite you (maybe because you inhabit a different mind zone) . So you're left with spiteful feelings and loneliness - driving you to write poetry!

another fav of mine. 'footfall tapping screcies of stone...' brilliant!

Kavanagh demonstrates his detachment from the social world of rural Ireland through his imagery. He is isolated and lonley but only so he can preform his duties as a poet. He has voluntarily abandoned this world.

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I love this poem! conveys the lonliness and isolation he felt as a poet in a great way..