Derek Mahon Flashcards
1
Q
Antarctica
A
“I’m just going outside and may be
some time”
“Goading his ghost in the howling snow”
“Frostbite is replaced by vertigo”
2
Q
A Disused Shed in Co. Wexford
A
“A thousand mushrooms crowd to a keyhole,”
3
Q
Day trip to Donegal
A
“deeper green”
“Lonely house behind the sea”
Fish are a “writhing glammer”
4
Q
As it Should Be
A
“We hunted the mad bastard
through bog, moorland, rock, to the star-lit west.”
5
Q
After Titanic
A
“I turned to ice to hear my costly / Life go thundering down in a pandemonium”
6
Q
Grandfather
A
“Even on cold mornings he is up at six with a block of wood / Or a box of nails.”
