title: The Penguin Book of Contemporary Irish Poetry
author: Various
description: The Mass Is Over, They Have Gone In Peace <i>by Sara Berkeley</i><br /> The Parting <i>by Sara Berkeley</i><br /> After The Irish Of Egan O'rahilly <i>by Eavan Boland</i><br /> From The Painting Back From Market By Chardin <i>by Eavan Boland</i><br /> I Remember <i>by Eavan Boland</i><br /> In Her Own Image <i>by Eavan Boland</i><br /> Ode To Suburbia <i>by Eavan Boland</i><br /> The Oral Tradition <i>by Eavan Boland</i><br /> The War Horse <i>by Eavan Boland</i><br /> Army <i>by Ciaran Carson</i><br /> Bloody Hand <i>by Ciaran Carson</i><br /> Ceili <i>by Ciaran Carson</i><br /> Cocktails <i>by Ciaran Carson</i><br /> Dresden <i>by Ciaran Carson</i><br /> Judgement <i>by Ciaran Carson</i><br /> Death Of Thomas Merton <i>by Harry (1952-) Clifton</i><br /> The Distaff Side <i>by Harry (1952-) Clifton</i><br /> Eccles Street, Bloomsday, 1982 <i>by Harry (1952-) Clifton</i><br /> Euclid Avenue; After Hart Crane <i>by Harry (1952-) Clifton</i><br /> Id <i>by Harry (1952-) Clifton</i><br /> Monsoon Girl <i>by Harry (1952-) Clifton</i><br /> Elegy For The Nightbound <i>by Anthony Cronin</i><br /> Lines For A Painter; To Patrick Swift <i>by Anthony Cronin</i><br /> R.m.s. Titanic: 1 <i>by Anthony Cronin</i><br /> R.m.s. Titanic: 2 <i>by Anthony Cronin</i><br /> Responsibilities <i>by Anthony Cronin</i><br /> The Counterfeiter <i>by Michael Davitt</i><br /> The Mirror <i>by Michael Davitt</i><br /> Old People <i>by Michael Davitt</i><br /> Shortening The Road <i>by Michael Davitt</i><br /> Fording The River <i>by Seamus Deane</i><br /> History Lessons; For Ronan Sheehan And Richard Kearney <i>by Seamus Deane</i><br /> Osip Mandelstam <i>by Seamus Deane</i><br /> Power Cut <i>by Seamus Deane</i><br /> Reading Paradise Lost In Protestant Ulster 1984 <i>by Seamus Deane</i><br /> Return <i>by Seamus Deane</i><br /> Backside To The Wind <i>by Paul Durcan</i><br /> Birth Of A Coachman <i>by Paul Durcan</i><br /> The Divorce Referendum, Ireland, 1986 <i>by Paul Durcan</i><br /> Going Home To Mayo, Winter, 1949 <i>by Paul Durcan</i><br /> Ireland 1972 <i>by Paul Durcan</i><br /> Irish Hierarchy Bans Colour Photography <i>by Paul Durcan</i><br /> The Kilfenora Teaboy <i>by Paul Durcan</i><br /> La Terre Des Hommes <i>by Paul Durcan</i><br /> Micheal Mac Liammoir <i>by Paul Durcan</i><br /> The Pieta's Over <i>by Paul Durcan</i><br /> She Mends An Ancient Wireless <i>by Paul Durcan</i><br /> The Weeping Headstones Of The Isaac Becketts <i>by Paul Durcan</i><br /> Alice Of Daphne, 1799 <i>by John Ennis</i><br /> Coyne's <i>by John Ennis</i><br /> A Drink Of Spring <i>by John Ennis</i><br /> The Road To Patmos <i>by John Ennis</i><br /> Airs And Graces <i>by Peter Fallon</i><br /> The Herd <i>by Peter Fallon</i><br /> Himself <i>by Peter Fallon</i><br /> The Meadow <i>by Peter Fallon</i><br /> Spring Song <i>by Peter Fallon</i><br /> Winter Work <i>by Peter Fallon</i><br /> Conjunctions <i>by Eamon Grennan</i><br /> Facts Of Life, Ballymoney <i>by Eamon Grennan</i><br /> Men Roofing; For Seamus Heaney <i>by Eamon Grennan</i><br /> Soul Music: The Derry Air <i>by Eamon Grennan</i><br /> Sunday Morning Through Binoculars <i>by Eamon Grennan</i><br /> Wing Road <i>by Eamon Grennan</i><br /> Death Of An Irishwoman <i>by Michael Hartnett</i><br /> For My Grandmother, Bridget Halpin <i>by Michael Hartnett</i><br /> I Saw Magin On A Green Country Road <i>by Michael Hartnett</i><br /> The Last Vision Of Eoghan Rua O Suilleabhain <i>by Michael Hartnett</i><br /> The Person As Dreamer: We Talk About The Future <i>by Michael Hartnett</i><br /> The Retreat Of Ita Cagney; For Liam Brady <i>by Michael Hartnett</i><br /> A Small Farm <i>by Michael Hartnett</i><br /> There Will Be A Talking Of Lovely Things <i>by Michael Hartnett</i><br /> A Visit Of Castletown House; For Nora Graham <i>by Michael Hartnett</i><br /> The Wounded Otter <i>by Michael Hartnett</i><br /> 7 <i>by Seamus Heaney</i><br /> Anahorish <i>by Seamus Heaney</i><br /> Bogland; For T.p. Flanagan <i>by Seamus Heaney</i><br /> Casualty <i>by Seamus Heaney</i><br /> Clearances; In Memoriam M.k.h., 1911-1984: 1 <i>by Seamus Heaney</i><br /> Clearances; In Memoriam M.k.h., 1911-1984: 2 <i>by Seamus Heaney</i><br /> Clearances; In Memoriam M.k.h., 1911-1984: 3 <i>by Seamus Heaney</i><br /> Clearances; In Memoriam M.k.h., 1911-1984: 4 <i>by Seamus Heaney</i><br /> Clearances; In Memoriam M.k.h., 1911-1984: 5 <i>by Seamus Heaney</i><br /> Clearances; In Memoriam M.k.h., 1911-1984: 6 <i>by Seamus Heaney</i><br /> Clearances; In Memoriam M.k.h., 1911-1984: 7 <i>by Seamus Heaney</i><br /> Clearances; In Memoriam M.k.h., 1911-1984: 8 <i>by Seamus Heaney</i><br /> Clearances; In Memoriam M.k.h., 1911-1984: Introduction <i>by Seamus Heaney</i><br /> Funeral Rites <i>by Seamus Heaney</i><br /> The Harvest Bow <i>by Seamus Heaney</i><br /> The Mud Vision <i>by Seamus Heaney</i><br /> A Postcard From North Antrim; In Memory Of Sean Armstrong <i>by Seamus Heaney</i><br /> Punishment <i>by Seamus Heaney</i><br /> Singing School: 2. A Constable Calls <i>by Seamus Heaney</i><br /> Singing School: 6. Exposure <i>by Seamus Heaney</i><br /> Summer Home <i>by Seamus Heaney</i><br /> The Tollund Man <i>by Seamus Heaney</i><br /> An Ulster Twilight <i>by Seamus Heaney</i><br /> Amhran Na Mbreag; After Irish Of Micheal Mharcais O'conhaile <i>by Pearse Hutchinson</i><br /> Be Born A Saint; Or Keep <i>by Pearse Hutchinson</i><br /> Bright After Dark <i>by Pearse Hutchinson</i><br /> Fleadh Cheoil <i>by Pearse Hutchinson</i><br /> The Frost Is Over; For Michael Hartnett <i>by Pearse Hutchinson</i><br /> Gaeltacht <i>by Pearse Hutchinson</i><br /> Look, No Hands <i>by Pearse Hutchinson</i><br /> Malaga <i>by Pearse Hutchinson</i><br /> A True Story Ending In False Hope; For Martin Collins <i>by Pearse Hutchinson</i><br /> Bread <i>by Brendan Kennelly</i><br /> Dream Of A Black Fox <i>by Brendan Kennelly</i><br /> The Island <i>by Brendan Kennelly</i><br /> The Limerick Train <i>by Brendan Kennelly</i><br /> My Dark Fathers <i>by Brendan Kennelly</i><br /> Proof <i>by Brendan Kennelly</i><br /> The Swimmer <i>by Brendan Kennelly</i><br /> All Is Emptiness, And I Must Spin <i>by Thomas Kinsella</i><br /> Ancestor <i>by Thomas Kinsella</i><br /> Death Bed <i>by Thomas Kinsella</i><br /> Downstream <i>by Thomas Kinsella</i><br /> Endymion <i>by Thomas Kinsella</i><br /> The Foot Of The Tower. An Angle Where The Darkness <i>by Thomas Kinsella</i><br /> Hen Woman <i>by Thomas Kinsella</i><br /> A Lady Of Quality <i>by Thomas Kinsella</i><br /> Nuchal; A Fragment <i>by Thomas Kinsella</i><br /> One: Finistere <i>by Thomas Kinsella</i><br /> One: In The Ringwood <i>by Thomas Kinsella</i><br /> One: The Oldest Place <i>by Thomas Kinsella</i><br /> The Route Of The Train <i>by Thomas Kinsella</i><br /> Tao And Unfitness At Inistiogue On The River Nore: Afternoon <i>by Thomas Kinsella</i><br /> Wormwood <i>by Thomas Kinsella</i><br /> Ash Keys <i>by Michael Longley</i><br /> Frozen Rain <i>by Michael Longley</i><br /> The Hebrides; For Eavan Boland <i>by Michael Longley</i><br /> In Memory Of Gerard Dillon <i>by Michael Longley</i><br /> The Linen Industry <i>by Michael Longley</i><br /> Peace; After Tibullus <i>by Michael Longley</i><br /> Persephone <i>by Michael Longley</i><br /> Remembering Carrigskeewaun <i>by Michael Longley</i><br /> Skara Brae; For Sheila And Denis Smyth <i>by Michael Longley</i><br /> The West <i>by Michael Longley</i><br /> Wounds <i>by Michael Longley</i><br /> Sweet Killen Hill; After Irish Of Peadar O Doirnin <i>by Tom Macintyre</i><br /> Yellow Bittern; After Irish Of Cathal Buidhe Macgiolla Gunna <i>by Tom Macintyre</i><br /> Achill <i>by Derek Mahon</i><br /> Antartica <i>by Derek Mahon</i><br /> Courtyards In Delft <i>by Derek Mahon</i><br /> Dejection <i>by Derek Mahon</i><br /> A Disused Shed In Co. Wexford <i>by Derek Mahon</i><br /> Everything Is Going To Be All Right <i>by Derek Mahon</i><br /> Ford Manor <i>by Derek Mahon</i><br /> A Garage In Co. Cork <i>by Derek Mahon</i><br /> The Globe In North Carolina <i>by Derek Mahon</i><br /> In Carrowdore Churchyard; At The Grave Of Louis Macneice <i>by Derek Mahon</i><br /> Lives; For Seamus Heaney <i>by Derek Mahon</i><br /> The Snow Party; For Louis Asekoff <i>by Derek Mahon</i><br /> The Woods <i>by Derek Mahon</i><br /> Caedmon <i>by Aidan Carl Mathews</i><br /> The Death Of Irish <i>by Aidan Carl Mathews</i><br /> Letter Following <i>by Aidan Carl Mathews</i><br /> Minding Ruth; For Seamus Deane <i>by Aidan Carl Mathews</i><br /> Spectrum <i>by Aidan Carl Mathews</i><br /> Two Months Married <i>by Aidan Carl Mathews</i><br /> At The End <i>by Matsuo Munefusa</i><br /> Deutschland <i>by Hugh Maxton</i><br /> Elegies; After The Russian Of Joseph Brodsky <i>by Hugh Maxton</i><br /> Ode <i>by Hugh Maxton</i><br /> An Urgent Letter <i>by Hugh Maxton</i><br /> Claud Cockburn <i>by Thomas Mccarthy</i><br /> The Emigration Trains <i>by Thomas Mccarthy</i><br /> The Phenomenology Of Stones <i>by Thomas Mccarthy</i><br /> Quatrain Without Sparrows, Helpful Bells Or Hope; From Irish <i>by Thomas Mccarthy</i><br /> Toast <i>by Thomas Mccarthy</i><br /> The Wisdom Of Ae <i>by Thomas Mccarthy</i><br /> The Aphrodisiac <i>by Medbh Mcguckian</i><br /> The Flitting <i>by Medbh Mcguckian</i><br /> Gateposts <i>by Medbh Mcguckian</i><br /> Lychees <i>by Medbh Mcguckian</i><br /> On Ballycastle Beach <i>by Medbh Mcguckian</i><br /> On Not Being Your Lover <i>by Medbh Mcguckian</i><br /> Sea Or Sky? <i>by Medbh Mcguckian</i><br /> The Sofa <i>by Medbh Mcguckian</i><br /> To A Cuckoo At Coolanlough <i>by Medbh Mcguckian</i><br /> All Legendary Obstacles Lay Between <i>by John Montague</i><br /> At Last <i>by John Montague</i><br /> Deer Park <i>by John Montague</i><br /> A Flowering Absence <i>by John Montague</i><br /> A Grafted Tongue <i>by John Montague</i><br /> Herbert Street Revisited <i>by John Montague</i><br /> King And Queen <i>by John Montague</i><br /> Last Journey; I.m. James Montague <i>by John Montague</i><br /> The Leader <i>by John Montague</i><br /> Like Dolmens Round My Childhood, The Old People <i>by John Montague</i><br /> A Lost Tradition <i>by John Montague</i><br /> The Trout; For Barrie Cooke <i>by John Montague</i><br /> The Wild Dog Rose <i>by John Montague</i><br /> Woodtown Manor <i>by John Montague</i><br /> The Avenue <i>by Paul Muldoon</i><br /> Gathering Mushrooms <i>by Paul Muldoon</i><br /> Hedgehog <i>by Paul Muldoon</i><br /> Ireland <i>by Paul Muldoon</i><br /> The Lass Of Aughrim <i>by Paul Muldoon</i><br /> Our Lady Of Ardboe <i>by Paul Muldoon</i><br /> Quoof <i>by Paul Muldoon</i><br /> The Soap-pig <i>by Paul Muldoon</i><br /> Something Of A Departure <i>by Paul Muldoon</i><br /> Truce <i>by Paul Muldoon</i><br /> Why Brownlee Left, And Where He Went <i>by Paul Muldoon</i><br /> The Wishbone <i>by Paul Muldoon</i><br /> Yggsdrasill <i>by Paul Muldoon</i><br /> 1. Now: Casement's Funeral <i>by Richard Murphy</i><br /> 1. Now: Slate <i>by Richard Murphy</i><br /> Gate Lodge <i>by Richard Murphy</i><br /> The Last Galway Hooker <i>by Richard Murphy</i><br /> Luttrell's Death <i>by Richard Murphy</i><br /> Patrick Sarsfield's Portrait <i>by Richard Murphy</i><br /> Rapparees <i>by Richard Murphy</i><br /> The Reading Lesson <i>by Richard Murphy</i><br /> Sailing To An Island <i>by Richard Murphy</i><br /> Seals At High Island <i>by Richard Murphy</i><br /> As For The Quince <i>by Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill</i><br /> Aubade <i>by Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill</i><br /> The Bond <i>by Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill</i><br /> Marvellous Grass <i>by Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill</i><br /> The Race <i>by Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill</i><br /> Pity The Man Who English Lacks <i>by Daibhi O Bruadair</i><br /> Lament For Tadhg Cronin's Children <i>by Aogan O Rathaille</i><br /> The Dark Edge Of Europe: 1 <i>by Desmond O'grady</i><br /> The Dying Gaul: 30 <i>by Desmond O'grady</i><br /> The Great Horse Fair <i>by Desmond O'grady</i><br /> Hellas: 1 <i>by Desmond O'grady</i><br /> Lines In A Roman Schoolbook: 2 <i>by Desmond O'grady</i><br /> Lines In A Roman Schoolbook: 4 <i>by Desmond O'grady</i><br /> Professor Kelleher And The Charles River <i>by Desmond O'grady</i><br /> Purpose <i>by Desmond O'grady</i><br /> Reading The Unpublished Manuscripts Of Louis Macneice <i>by Desmond O'grady</i><br /> Cuchulainn <i>by Michael O'loughlin</i><br /> Elegy For The Unknown Soldier <i>by Michael O'loughlin</i><br /> Glasnevin Cemetery <i>by Michael O'loughlin</i><br /> An Irish Requiem; I.m. Mary Lynch (1897-1983) <i>by Michael O'loughlin</i><br /> Posthumous <i>by Michael O'loughlin</i><br /> The Shards: 1. The Bunkers <i>by Michael O'loughlin</i><br /> The Shards: 8. The Shards <i>by Michael O'loughlin</i><br /> A Day In August <i>by Frank Ormsby</i><br /> Home <i>by Frank Ormsby</i><br /> Landscape With Figures <i>by Frank Ormsby</i><br /> My Careful Life Says: 'no Surrender' <i>by Frank Ormsby</i><br /> Spot The Ball <i>by Frank Ormsby</i><br /> Under The Stairs <i>by Frank Ormsby</i><br /> Anastasia Mclaughlin <i>by Tom Paulin</i><br /> Desertmartin <i>by Tom Paulin</i><br /> In The Lost Province <i>by Tom Paulin</i><br /> Last Statement; Vladimir Mayakovsky <i>by Tom Paulin</i><br /> Off The Back Of A Lorry <i>by Tom Paulin</i><br /> Presbyterian Study <i>by Tom Paulin</i><br /> Deafness <i>by Richard (1946-) Ryan</i><br /> Father Of Famine; For Liam O'flaherty <i>by Richard (1946-) Ryan</i><br /> The Lake Of The Woods; For Chester Anderson <i>by Richard (1946-) Ryan</i><br /> Winter In Minneapolis; For Eoin Mckiernan <i>by Richard (1946-) Ryan</i><br /> The Archaeologist <i>by James Simmons</i><br /> Claudy; For Harry Barton, A Song <i>by James Simmons</i><br /> The End Of The Affair <i>by James Simmons</i><br /> For Thomas Moore <i>by James Simmons</i><br /> From The Irish <i>by James Simmons</i><br /> A Long Way After Ronsard <i>by James Simmons</i><br /> The Pleasant Joys Of Brotherhood <i>by James Simmons</i><br /> Rogation Day: Portrush; For Derek Mahon <i>by James Simmons</i><br /> Stephano Remembers <i>by James Simmons</i><br /> West Strand Visions <i>by James Simmons</i><br /> Westport House, Portrush <i>by James Simmons</i><br /> Written, Directed By And Starring ... <i>by James Simmons</i><br /> Beginnings <i>by Peter Sirr</i><br /> The Collector's Marginalia <i>by Peter Sirr</i><br /> A Guide To Holland <i>by Peter Sirr</i><br /> Understanding Canada <i>by Peter Sirr</i><br /> Asleep In The City <i>by Michael (1942-) Smith</i><br /> Chimes; For John Jordan <i>by Michael (1942-) Smith</i><br /> City <i>by Michael (1942-) Smith</i><br /> From The Chinese; For Trevor Joyce <i>by Michael (1942-) Smith</i><br /> Stopping To Take Notes <i>by Michael (1942-) Smith</i><br /> A Visit To The Village <i>by Michael (1942-) Smith</i><br /> -- <i>Table of Poems from <a href="/exec/obidos/subst/partners/marketing/poemfinder.html/${0}">Poem Finder</a></i>
zlib_text: MOONLIT WHISPER
  AN IRISH ROMANCE
  
  AMY MCKINLEY
  
  ARROWSCOPE PRESS, LLC
  
  Moonlit Whisper
  Copyright © 2018 Amy McKinley
  Previously published in the Voyages of the Heart anthology, With Love from Dublin.
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