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PPB: October / Patrick Kavanagh

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George J. Dance

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Oct 9, 2022, 10:22:57 AM10/9/22
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Today's poem on Penny's Poetry Blog:
October, by Patrick Kavanagh

O leafy yellowness you create for me
A world that was and now is poised above time,
I do not need to puzzle out Eternity
As I walk this arboreal street on the edge of a town.
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https://gdancesbetty.blogspot.com/2022/10/october-patrick-kavanagh.html

General-Zod

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Oct 11, 2022, 10:13:44 PM10/11/22
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Quite excellent......

George J. Dance

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Oct 19, 2022, 4:03:50 PM10/19/22
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Kavanagh is an excellent poet; in Ireland he's often ranked in the top 3
of Irish poets, behind only Yeats and Heaney. But for some reason he's
not that well known in Canada or the U.S.

W.Dockery

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Oct 20, 2022, 5:04:00 AM10/20/22
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My friend Travis McCracken is a Kavanaugh fan, turned me on to a few of his poems.

General-Zod

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Feb 21, 2024, 10:25:22 AMFeb 21
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Another great read
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