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Thomas Kinsella - Poetry


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About a month ago, I went into my local Works shop and spied a volume of 20th Century of Poetry. One poet really caught my eye, Thomas Kinsella. The 2 poems presented in the volume spoke to me. Since then I have unsuccessfully asked in Borders and Watersones for any of his collections - seems with them if its not YA forget it. Tracked down a collection evetually from amazon.co.uk that fitted the bill - it covers his output from 1956 -2006, albeit selectively as he is prolific!

 

The poems in this volume range from intensely lyrical through social comment to political satire.

 

 

As a sample here is 'Leaf Eater'

 

On a shrub in the heart of the garden,

On an outer leaf, a grub twists

Half its body, a tendril,

This way and that in blind

Space: no leaf or twig

Anywhere in reach; then gropes

Back on itself and begins

To eat its own leaf.

 

This one of the poems that attracted me to Kinsella. I havn't read all the poems in the collection , but feel sure many happy hours of exploring.

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