Derek Mahon – Prayers, Poems, and Christian Ponderings

“pluck the day”

I have just returned from Edinburgh. It is many years since I attended Edinburgh University and continued to live there for several years. I made my way to my favorite used book stores, looking for treasures, curtailed only by the fact of limited space in my carry on luggage! No large checked bags! I wasContinue reading ““pluck the day””

Everything is going to be alright!

This month marks two years since the death of Northern Irish poet, Derek Mahon. Although his life of poetry is well celebrated I have not really come across his writing and for that I am deeply disappointed. Therefore, in the coming months I am looking forward to reading and studying his poetry which spans soContinue reading “Everything is going to be alright!”