“At home in Ireland, there's a habit of avoidance, an ironical attitude towards the authority figure.”
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But that citizen's perception was also at one with the truth in recognizing that the very brutality of the means by which the IRA were pursuing change was destructive of the trust upon which new possibilities would have to be based.
I credit poetry for making this space-walk possible.
Whether it be a matter of personal relations within a marriage or political initiatives within a peace process, there is no sure-fire do-it-yourself kit.
Poetry is always slightly mysterious, and you wonder what is your relationship to it.
