Clodagh Finn: Don’t underestimate the consolations of poetry

‘I tiptoe in./ I lift you up/ Wriggling/In your rosy,/ zipped sleeper./ Yes this is the hour/ For the early bird and me/ When finder is keeper’— Eavan Boland

Sat, 02 May, 2020 - 08:00

Clodagh Finn

Eavan Boland: Her poems can be our salve, says Paula Meehan. Picture: Maura Hickey

WE HAVE seen with the passing of Eavan Boland this week that poetry can console us in a way that is utterly real.

More in this section

S Michael Moynihan: Dangerous cycle lanes in Cork highlight flawed city planning

S Sarah Harte: Older women are reinventing themselves and defying ageism stereotypes

Colin Sheridan: US foreign policy arrogance in Lebanon is a warning sign for Ireland

Columnists Culture Place: Dublin Person: Clodagh Finn Person: Eavan Boland Person: Paula Meehan Person: Boland Person: Ruth Medjber Person: Ruth Person: Medjber Person: Medj Person: President Michael D Higgins Person: Seamus Heaney Person: John O’Donohue Person: Kitty O’Meara Person: Hugo Williams Person: Oliver Sears Event: Great Famine Event: Poetry Day

<p>As mothers, we can use our power to create entitled, abusive man-children. Or we can use our power to bring up decent, respectful, responsible human beings. File photo</p>

S Jennifer Horgan: Mothers must recognise their huge influence on sons' lives

READ NOW

Clodagh Finn: Don’t underestimate the consolations of poetry

S Jennifer Horgan: Mothers must recognise their huge influence on sons' lives

Revoiced

Latest

Clodagh Finn: Don’t underestimate the consolations of poetry

Unlimited access. Half the price.

S Jennifer Horgan: Mothers must recognise their huge influence on sons' lives

Revoiced

Latest

Most Read