Poetry review: Paul Durcan at his poetic crescendo

Durcan has helped to change our perception of what a poem ought to be. He’s a poet who makes it his business to chip away at the edifice of his own craft

Paul Durcan has always come across as an artist determined to never use language the might push readers away. Picture: Maura Hickey

• 80 at 80 
• Paul Durcan 
• Harvill Secker, €19.99