{"id":240,"date":"2012-01-10T22:45:30","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T22:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/t8el.com\/?p=240"},"modified":"2012-01-10T22:45:30","modified_gmt":"2012-01-10T22:45:30","slug":"farmers-cross-by-bernard-odonoghue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/t8el.com\/?p=240","title":{"rendered":"“Farmers Cross” by Bernard O’Donoghue"},"content":{"rendered":"

A poignant new collection from Wadham’s best living poet. Ireland, exile and death. “The Old Second Division”, “Racho”, “Dockets”, “Dream”, “Canon”, “Casella”, “Tinkers” and “The Year’s Midnight” (dedicated to the memory of Andrew Glyn) are exquisite. I’ll quote the shortest poem.<\/p>\n

Tontine<\/strong><\/p>\n

Survivor takes all, we reflect,<\/p>\n

standing together in the rain<\/p>\n

outside the crematorium<\/p>\n

under the heron’s raucous boom<\/p>\n

as the crows mob him overhead.<\/p>\n

by Bernard O’Donoghue<\/em><\/p>\n

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A poignant new collection from Wadham’s best living poet. Ireland, exile and death. “The Old Second Division”, “Racho”, “Dockets”, “Dream”, “Canon”, “Casella”, “Tinkers” and “The Year’s Midnight” (dedicated to the memory of Andrew Glyn) are exquisite. I’ll quote the shortest poem. Tontine Survivor takes all, we reflect, standing together in the rain outside the crematorium … <\/p>\n

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