![]() It reads as if he is amazed to be in this situation, to be married and in love. The poems were written after Christy had married Mary, his nurse and the poems encapsulate the joy and sense of impossibility in capturing this love. It suited my teenage mentality– romantic, lyrical and in love with the idea of love. Then, on a trip to Donegal with my parents, I found a first edition in a second hand book shop and my Daddy bought it for me. ![]() No one else ever seemed to want to take it out so I had the library copy in my possession for about two years. Every fortnight when it was due back I would get it renewed. When I was 16 I borrowed Background Music from the local library. ![]() Obviously Christy Brown is mostly known for his autobiography My Left Foot, which features in my list of 100 Irish Novels, but in his short career he also published two novels ( Down All the Days and Wild Grow The Lilies) and three volumes of poetry – Come Softly to my Wake, Of Snails and Skylarks and Background Music. Today is World Poetry Day and one of my favourite Irish poets is Christy Brown. ![]()
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