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First published September 1, 1998
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March 2, 2025
He has a wonderful way of using seemingly unrelated descriptor words to set a mood and paint an allegory. Adjectives pulling meaning out of simple objects or scenes. Like most good poetry I have to read each twice, once to familiarize myself to the verse, and once to unravel it's meaning. But, also like most good poetry, I don't have to puzzle over it beyond that.
A line that is beautiful and a great example:
"Once songs of apples filled the farmhouse;
but the children became photographs,"
That poem is about a house that had a family and life in it and how it changed with the the passage of time.
A line that is beautiful and a great example:
"Once songs of apples filled the farmhouse;
but the children became photographs,"
That poem is about a house that had a family and life in it and how it changed with the the passage of time.
April 7, 2016
Some of O'Dea's poems struck a chord with me and I understood the story he was telling. Others remain a mystery and i wonder if it is not being Irish that makes it difficult for me to grasp the imagery.
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