about this tiny private ritual. Perhaps it is the way [Michael] Longley invokes the more formal rituals we rely on to console us in the face of time and death. If "the toy lifeboat" represents the fragile individual, setting sail on the ocean of the world, it seems also to stand for poetry, the vessel by which our memories and our loves are carried from each generation to the next.
from The Washington Post: Poetry review: "A Hundred Doors," by Michael Longley
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