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(and that’s why) ……. The Moon has ears   and listens for my night songs So she knows when  to send you to me *in my dreams* M

  News Opinion Sport Culture Lifestyle Show caption Poetry roundup The best recent poetry – review roundup The Poems by Derek Mahon; Far District by Ishion Hutchinson; Stones by Kevin Young; and Like A Tree, Walking by Vahni Capildeo Aingeal Clare Fri 17 Dec 2021 05.00 EST Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email The Poems   by Derek Mahon   ( Gallery Press, €22.50 ) With Derek Mahon’s death in October 2020, the world lost one of the great modern lyric poets. From Night-Crossing (1968) to Washing Up (2020), he fashioned an oeuvre of rare elegance, wit and visionary reach. “Even now there are places where a thought might grow”, begins his best known poem, A Disused Shed in Co Wexford, snatching its moment of triumph from the violent panorama of history. Mahon was a lifelong self-revisioner, and monumental though it is, this post-revisions volume will not be to everyone’s taste, with some key omissions making it a Collected rather than a Complete Poems. Still, the work endures,

  London spots that have inspired great poets VIEW COMMENTS By  Ailis Brennan 07 April 2020 L ondon has been a source of inspiration to artists for hundreds of years, and poets have been no exception. William Wordsworth may have been taken by the daffodils of the Lake District but he was just as fond of  Westminster Bridge , and Chaucer may be most famously associated with Canterbury, but he was rather fond of  London pubs  too. From world famous landmarks to tucked away beauty spots, these are the London places that have inspired some of Britain's greatest poets. Borough High Street (The Tabard Inn) – Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales As with many journeys around London, a pub is a good place to start. Geoffrey Chaucer certainly thought so – he assembled the Miller, the Knight et al at The Tabard Inn in Southwark for the opening of The Canterbury Tales. This drinking spot endured on the east side of Borough High Street from the 14 th  century right up until 1873, when it was demolishe