Poems

Patrick MacDonogh belonged to the great generation of Irish poets - Kavanagh, MacNeice, Devlin - who flourished in the 1940s and 1950s. The author of five books of poetry and highly regarded during his lifetime, with a modest international reputation, he has recently seemed in danger of slipping through the cracks of literary history. Though chiefly remembered for popular anthology pieces like 'She Walked Unaware' and 'The Widow of Drynam', he also faced more complex and demanding challenges.Derek Mahon's selection includes previously uncollected and unpublished poems.