A Man Is Only As Good... by Pat Boram Leonardo Boix All of the modern poets

All of the modern poets who have long preoccupied Vendler—Wallace Stevens

and its sense of transcendence

the poem is an extraordinary record of the utopian excitement of the early years of the Revolution – as well a warning that Lenin should not become an icon

by the brutal trial and error of stand-up

In the language of fan fiction

A Man Is Only As Good... by Pat Boram Leonardo Boix All of the modern poetsA Man Is Only As Good is a pocket sized introduction to the poetry of award winning Irish poet and writer Pat Boran, drawing on five previous full length collections and including the late Dennis ODriscolls prose introduction to the poems. Described as a writer of great tenderness and lyricism (Agenda, UK), Boran makes heartfelt, deceptively simple poems that are at once local and international, personal and scientific, full of wisdom and wry humor