Poetry Ireland Review Issue 121 Michael D. Higgins is perfectly judged

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Poetry Ireland Review Issue 121 Michael D. Higgins is perfectly judgedEavan Boland's first issue as editor of Poetry Ireland Review aims to encourage a conversation about poetry which is "noisy and fractious certainly but a conversation nevertheless that can be thrilling in its reach and commitment." There are new poems from Thomas McCarthy, Jean Bleakney, Wendy Holborow, Paul Perry, Aifric Mac Aodha, and many others, while the issue also includes work from Brigit Pegeen Kelly, with an accompanying essay on the poet by