Poetry Is Language In Orbit.

At Home In Ireland, There's A Habit Of Avoidance, An Ironical Attitude Towards The Authority Figure.

So Hope For A Great Sea-change On The Far Side Of Revenge. Believe That Further Shore Is Reachable From Here. Believe In Miracles And Cures And Healing Wells.

God Is A Foreman With Certain Definite Views Who Orders Life In Shifts Of Work And Leisure.

If Poetry And The Arts Do Anything, They Can Fortify Your Inner Life, Your Inwardness.

The External Reality And Inner Dynamic Of Happenings In Northern Ireland Between 1968 And 1974 Were Symptomatic Of Change, Violent Change Admittedly, But Change Nevertheless, And For The Minority Living There, Change Had Been Long Overdue.