The best-loved poems of Gabriel Fitzmaurice
(2024)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
821.914/FITZMAURICE,G
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Cork [Ireland] : Mercier Press, [2024]
©2024
©2024
DESCRIPTION
87 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781781179444, 1781179441, 9781781179444
LANGUAGE
English
CONTENTS
A middle-aged Orpheus looks back at his life --
To my D-28 --
In memory of my mother --
I sing of Michael Hartnett --
So what if there's no happy ending? --
Death of a playwright --
Dad --
My best friend --
Woman of the house --
Big con --
Lassie --
Ruckard Drury --
His last pint --
Day Christ came to Moyvane --
Before the word 'fuck' came to common use --
Help me make it through the night --
On hearing Johnny Cash's American recordings --
Homage to Thomas MacGreevy --
'I thirst" --
Díseart --
Knockanure Church --
When I pray --
When I die --
In the woods --
Road to Damascus --
Hurt bird --
A boy I know --
I'm proud to be me --
Dan Breen --
Mother --
Galvin and Vicars --
Munster Football final 1924 --
Ireland takes her place among the nations of the Earth --
A parent's love --
Grá Tuismitheora --
To my son as he leaves home --
To my daughter, pregnant --
Nanas --
Sonnet to Brenda --
Just to be beside you is enough --
Old lovers --
Reading William Wordsworth --
Drinking in the square