Selected Poems

Published in order of first publication as far as possible this selection ranges from initial offerings such as Tinkers Wife and Inniskeen Road July Evening to his tragic masterpiece The Great Hunger 1942 and his celebratory later verse To Hell with Common Sense and Come Dance with Kitty Stobling which show his increasing comic verve and detachment. The first comprehensive selection of Kavanaghs poetry to be published this volume offers a timely reassessment of a poet unfairly neglected outside Ireland.