Thomas Kinsella

Well, since we are fast approaching September, I thought a poem about Autumn would be appropriate. This poem comes in at 35 on the top 100 Irish poems list. Every …

The day dawns, with scent of must and rain,Of opened soil, dark trees, dry bedroom air.Under the fading lamp, half dressed – my brainIdling on some compulsive fantasy –I towel …

Ireland’s favourite poem, as voted by Irish Times readers, is The Lake Isle of Innisfree by W. B. Yeats. The top five are all Yeats, Heaney and Kavanagh: He Wishes …