Wormley

from the old burried trenches had no written history? McGuiness sees a strange rigor mortis conveying the real torment which was not death, but lonely abandonment. A book end to 'The Violins of Autumn', 'Empty Dance' also metaphorically links the posture of death with mislead postures to empty ideals. Consider the sentiments of Tom Barry. Summertime Lullaby: This is a curious piece. On one hand it describes the beauties of nature in comfortable lulling tones. Then, it presents a solemn fact or perhaps implication. At face value, life, even comfortably lived, ends. At a deeper level and consistent with a theme found in more than a few of his other works, the beautiful and comforting things blind you with comfort to the bad. They set you up. At a very primal level, youthful Gavin's failure to believe in the evil that his father warned about destroyed his future. His life was "robbed", as he expressed in another piece. The poem warns against youthful perception more than anything else, taken in context. Marigolds : Rather simple poem that describes the square outside the home of the poet Yeats. In that square, marigolds are planted. The ideas which Yeats put forward are still alive and bright and as evocative as when he first penned them. This is in contrast to the cold and ever double- speaking politicians that have succeeded each other. Bitter Lessons : If a friend asks a favor, don't ask why or for details. That friend might not have the insight nor the ability to fully express the seriousness of the need. Damage to a friend by inaction is damage to oneself. Dingle Strand : I don't think there is any hidden message in this poem, but I could be wrong. The interest is in the playful structure set out in discrete thoughts of three lines structured in a/b/a/b rhyme of four lines plus a