I Shall Gain Glory Or Die.

Even If The Last Move Did Not Succeed, The Inner Command Says Move Again.

The External Reality And Inner Dynamic Of Happenings In Northern Ireland Between 1968 And 1974 Were Symptomatic Of Change, Violent Change Admittedly, But Change Nevertheless, And For The Minority Living There, Change Had Been Long Overdue.

I Have Always Thought Of Poems As Stepping Stones In One's Own Sense Of Oneself.

All I Know Is A Door Into The Dark

The Whole Relationship Between A Writer's Spiritual/emotional Condition And The Kind Of Wordstuff And Form-making That's Going On In His Work Is An Interesting One. When I Was An Undergraduate, There Was A Glib Notion Around That There Was No Reason To Suppose A Bad Man Could Be A Good Writer.