" One his poems opens "It's no go the merry-go-round, it's no o the rickshaw, all we want is a limousine and a ticket for the peepshow."
This poet wrote about looking at the stars "forty-two years ago" in his poem "Star-Gazer." One his poems opens "It's no go the merry-go-round, it's no o the rickshaw, all we want is a limousine and a ticket for the peepshow." The speaker of one poem by this man says "I peel and portion a tangerine and spit the pips and feel the drunkenness of things being various." This poet of "Bagpipe Music" described Ireland as "a nation built upon violence and morose vendettas" in Autumn Journal and wrote about "the drunkenness of things being various" in his poem "Snow." He collaborated with Benjamin Britten on his radio verse play The Dark Tower, and collaborated with W.H. Auden on the travelogue Letters from Iceland. For10 points, name this Irish-born poet who is often grouped with Stephen Spender, W.H. Auden, and Cecil Day-Lewis.
This poet wrote about looking at the stars "forty-two years ago" in his poem "Star-Gazer.
Louis MacNeice