{"id":1480,"date":"2011-08-15T19:59:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T19:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/?p=1480"},"modified":"2011-08-15T23:45:27","modified_gmt":"2011-08-15T23:45:27","slug":"love-the-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/2011\/08\/love-the-irish\/","title":{"rendered":"Love the Irish"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"PoetryEveryone who knows me knows I have a thing for anything Irish. But that’s not why I love Poetry Ireland<\/a><\/em>. \u00a0I love Poetry Ireland<\/em> because it is the best poetry journal out there. \u00a0Though the subscription is pricey, I will never let it lapse. \u00a0And I can never let go of an issue because it is the kind of journal you can re-visit often and always find something of interest. \u00a0Of course the poetry is top-notch but so are the essays and reviews. Plus, a subscription comes with a newsletter so you get up-to-date calls for submissions and news. It was in May 3-June 6 edition of Poetry Ireland eNews<\/em> that I came across the following item, which I feel compelled to share.<\/p>\n

\"Poetry<\/h1>\n

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It is a short article about the passing of poet Patrick Galvin and I quote it in full.<\/p>\n

Patrick Galvin<\/strong><\/p>\n

Poetry Ireland<\/strong><\/em> was deeply saddened to hear of the passing of poet, playwright and writer Patrick Galvin. Alongside being a successful poet and author, Galvin was also founder\/chairman of the Munster Literature Centre, the D\u00fan Laoghaire Poetry Now festival and a member of Aosd\u00e1na. He is survived by his wife Mary Johnston and his five children.<\/p>\n

Described as fiery, iconoclastic, socialist and anti-establishment Galvin was informed by the experience of a politicised working-class childhood in Cork city and his work “has always resisted categorisation and certainly seems closer to European or South American writing than anything else produced in Ireland.”<\/p>\n

He published a number of collections of poetry, including Heart of Grace<\/em>, as well as plays and radio plays including And Him Stretched<\/em> and The Devil’s Own People<\/em>. His autobiography, which formed a trilogy, Song for a Poor Boy, Song for a Raggy Boy<\/em> and Song for a Fly Boy<\/em> received crititcal acclaim – culminating in a film adaptation starring Aidan Quinn.<\/p>\n

We would like to express our deepest sympathies to his family and friends.<\/p>\n

extract from Message to the Editor<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I can’t write now<\/p>\n

Because the coffin is too narrow<\/p>\n

And there’s no light.<\/p>\n

I’m trying to send this<\/p>\n

Through a medium<\/p>\n

But you know what they’re like –<\/p>\n

Table-tapping bastards<\/p>\n

Reeking of ectoplasm.<\/p>\n

If you manage to receive this<\/p>\n

I’d be glad if you’d print it.<\/p>\n

There’s no point asking you<\/p>\n

To send me a copy –<\/p>\n

I don’t even know my own address.<\/p>\n

– Patrick Galvin<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I am sure you can see why the poem struck me. I wanted to share it and the obituary, which I think is so well-written that when it is my time, \u00a0I am considering dying in Ireland just so I could maybe have such a nice write-up. \u00a0Though I wanted to post the poem and obit, I felt I had to pay dues for it so I ordered New and Selected Poems of Patrick Galvin <\/em><\/strong>(edited by Greg Delanty and Robert Welch, published by Cork University Press),<\/em> and I have been grateful to read it. The poem that is quoted “Message to the Editor” is a stunner as is “Advice to a Poet” and many others.<\/p>\n

The reason why I post this today is because Patrick Gavin was born August 15, 1927 so it seems approprate.<\/p>\n

\"New<\/p>\n

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