Lifelines: Letters from Famous People about Their Favourite PoemNiall MacMonagle Town House, 1992 - 338 pages Between 1985 and 1992, fifth formers at Wesley College, Dublin, wrote to a variety of famous people, asking them to name their favourite poem and give the reasons why it meant so much to them. In 1992, a collection of these letters and poems was published by TownHouse. The anthology was a huge success and has been reprinted many times since. In their letters to the teenagers, 223 famous people give honest, immediate, humorous, profound and revealing insights into themselves as they describe the reasons for their choice. Contributors include Garret FitzGerald, Maeve Binchy, Richard Branson, Mother Teresa, Jeffrey Archer, Jeremy Irons, Conor Cruise O'Brien and Cyril Cusack, making this a truly remarkable and unique anthology. |
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Page 32
... flower . Towards you . A nothing we were , are , shall remain , flowering ; the nothing , the no one's rose . With our pistil soul - bright with our stamen heaven - ravaged our ... flowers The opening light draws out of 32 LIFELINES I.
... flower . Towards you . A nothing we were , are , shall remain , flowering ; the nothing , the no one's rose . With our pistil soul - bright with our stamen heaven - ravaged our ... flowers The opening light draws out of 32 LIFELINES I.
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... flower which grows only there — The blue Polemonium Confertum eximium , Soft , profound blue , like the eyes Of ... flowers From a New England garden . I hope that when I need it My mind can always call back This flower to its ...
... flower which grows only there — The blue Polemonium Confertum eximium , Soft , profound blue , like the eyes Of ... flowers From a New England garden . I hope that when I need it My mind can always call back This flower to its ...
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... flowers for the bees , Until they think warm days will never cease , II For summer has o'er - brimmed their clammy cells . Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store ? Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find Thee sitting careless on a ...
... flowers for the bees , Until they think warm days will never cease , II For summer has o'er - brimmed their clammy cells . Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store ? Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find Thee sitting careless on a ...
Contents
Garrett FitzGerald | 50 |
Julie OCallaghan | 56 |
Eileen Dunne | 63 |
Copyright | |
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Lifelines 2: Letters from Famous People about Their Favourite Poem Niall MacMonagle No preview available - 1994 |
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