Two elegies, by Cork poet laureate William Wall

In the latest of our monthly poems by William Wall, he pays tribute to Thomas Kinsella and Cara O’Sullivan, two much-mourned greats of the Irish cultural landscape
Two elegies, by Cork poet laureate William Wall

Thomas Kinsella and Cara O’Sullivan.

Wed, 09 Feb, 2022 - 09:05
William Wall

i Elegy in Winter
In memory of Thomas Kinsella

always in winter
or so it seems
another December
and there before you
is a low dark coast 

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