Then What by Gintaras Grajauskas, trans. by Rimas Uzgiris Paul Sutherland Dowling’s poetry is never shallow

Dowling’s poetry is never shallow

Michael Longley

The poems in Richard Price’s Moon for Sale delight in linguistic play

to denounce the prophetess and warn the Ninevite city of its coming doom

blossom of mourning still sifting within me

Then What by Gintaras Grajauskas, trans. by Rimas Uzgiris Paul Sutherland Dowling’s poetry is never shallowWith the demise of the Soviet Union, Lithuania jumped from a neo romantic modernism straight into the postmodern wasteland of unfettered capitalism. Pensions disappeared along with jobs. Everything underwent reform. Everything was for sale. Poetry audiences went from stadium size to coffee house size. Giddy joy was followed by disillusion, anxiety, angst. Gintaras Grajauskass poetry cannot be understood without this backdrop, for it was here that he