Eavan Boland Flashcards
The Famine Road
‘Roads to force/ From no where going no where of course’
‘You never will, you never know’
‘no more but snow attends’
Child of our time
‘from your unreasoned end’
‘the names of animals you took to bed’
‘out times have taken you away from your cradle’
War horse
‘our short street’ ‘our house’ ‘our laurel hedge’
‘the rocks of our house, expendable’
‘why should we care if a rose, a hedge, a crocus are uprooted’
This Moment
‘Black Tree’
‘Window is yellow as butter’
The Pomegranate
‘the rain is cold. The road is flint coloured’
‘when she came running I was ready/ to make any bargain to keep her’
‘will diminish the gift’
Love
‘I am your wife/ it was years ago/ we love each other still’
‘we speak plainly’
‘will we ever live so intensely again’