Chosen Lights: Poets on Poems by John Montague

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First published on the occasion of John Montague's 80th birthday, this revised edition of Chosen Lights, in which more than thirty fellow poets select one of his poems and present an essay outlining its claims on their affection and admiration, endures as a unique perspective on a master's work and as a remarkable sampler of each stage of his career. Sara Berkeley | Ciaran Berry | Eavan Boland Rosita Boland | Ciaran Carson | Michael Coady Gerald Dawe | Peter Fallon | Tom French Alan Gillis | Eamon Grennan | Vona Groarke Dermot Healy | Seamus Heaney | Thomas Kinsella Michael Longley | Seán Ly.;Front Cover; Note to Reader; Editor Info Page; Title Page; Contents; Preface; The Water Carrier; Justin Quinn The Water Carrier; Like Dolmens round my Childhood, the Old People; Alan Gillis Like Dolmens round my Childhood, the Old People; A Welcoming Party; Gerald Dawe A Welcoming Party; In Dedication; Dermot Healy In Dedication; The Trout; Paul Muldoon The Trout; All Legendary Obstacles; Gerard Smyth All Legendary Obstacles; The Country Fiddler; Ciaran Carson The Country Fiddler; A Bright Day; Seamus Heaney A Bright Day; Forge; Vona Groarke Forge; Division; David Wheatley Division.