Derek Mahon
Derek Mahon (23 November 1941 – 1 October 2020) was an Irish poet.
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Quotes
[edit]- It's practically my subject, my theme: solitude and community; the weirdness and terrors of solitude: the stifling and consolations of community. Also, the consolations of solitude.
- Paris Review' 154, Spring 2000 [1]
- And in a disused shed in Co. Wexford,
Deep in the grounds of a burnt-out hotel,
Among the bathtubs and the washbasins
A thousand mushrooms crowd to a keyhole.- Poem A Disused Shed in Co. Wexford (lines 10-13); in The Oxford Book of Contemporary Verse ed. D. J. Enright
- Include me in your lamentations.
- After the Titanic
External links
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Encyclopedic article on Derek Mahon on Wikipedia
