30 review for An Anthology of Modern Irish Poetry

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   4 out of 5

   Kate – Oct 16, 2018

   2.25/5stars I’m sorry I just don’t get or enjoy poetry

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   4 out of 5

   Rosanne – Feb 01, 2018

   Promising anthology with an overall of 50 Irish poets. However, only 9 over those 50 are Irish women poets, which is kind of disappointing for an anthology published in 2011...

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   5 out of 5

   skylar lokota – Apr 21, 2020

   rtc

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   4 out of 5

   Scott Pomfret – Jan 02, 2017

   This morning I finished the book longest on my "in progress" list: an anthology of modern Irish poetry (Wes Davis, editor). For four years, I have been nibbling and sampling this heavy brick-ish tome, and it has been an unceasing, if uneven, source of delight and discovery. It's hard to count the number of "new favorite poets" I discovered -- and branched out and bought more of the work of each. Perhaps most interesting is the arc of Irish poetry depicted here, which itself makes a long discursi This morning I finished the book longest on my "in progress" list: an anthology of modern Irish poetry (Wes Davis, editor). For four years, I have been nibbling and sampling this heavy brick-ish tome, and it has been an unceasing, if uneven, source of delight and discovery. It's hard to count the number of "new favorite poets" I discovered -- and branched out and bought more of the work of each. Perhaps most interesting is the arc of Irish poetry depicted here, which itself makes a long discursive poem tracing various concerns in multiple styles and moods: fairies, foreigners, the sea, lament, love illicit and otherwise, peace, terror. As the ultimate (meaning youngest in this volume, which is organized chronologically by the date of the poet's birth) poet wrote, a common theme throughout is the Irish soul with its "off-beat headstrong suicidal charm." Travel/exile is a constant theme here; some of the younger poets (but not all) seem to lose anything distinctively Irish in their poetry. The sense of terroir is lost in a heady internationalism. Some of Davis's selections seem less inspired; they seem out of place among more distinctive neighbors. But for all that this collection is a worthy and warranted investment of time and patience. After four years I still wish there was more left to read.

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   5 out of 5

   Luke – Jun 10, 2014

   This is an excellent anthology, and I enjoy dipping into it.

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   5 out of 5

   Leif – Dec 18, 2013

   Perhaps the best anthology of Irish verse I can think of – with some stiff competition, I should add.

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   5 out of 5

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    5 out of 5

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    5 out of 5

    Evangeline – Dec 18, 2018

    what a wild ride. my favorite part was the poem that dissected the anatomy of grief and death, and then the very next poem was about a snail in its prime. lol what a great time. loved it.

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    5 out of 5

    Ian Schuster –

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    4 out of 5

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    4 out of 5

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