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On Bob Dylan’s ‘Murder Most Foul’ and John Milton’s ‘Lycidas’

June 28, 2020July 3, 2020 ~ Daniel O'Hara ~ Leave a comment

What do Bob Dylan's 2020 song 'Murder Most Foul' and John Milton's 1638 poem 'Lycidas' have in common anyway?

end

March 17, 2020July 3, 2020 ~ Daniel O'Hara ~ Leave a comment

planet is tired...

The Serene Nazarene

October 5, 2019July 3, 2020 ~ Daniel O'Hara ~ Leave a comment

And so I always go/Skipping up Calvary...

The Dying Wit

March 26, 2019July 3, 2020 ~ Daniel O'Hara ~ Leave a comment

"O what a bitter jest it is," complained the dying wit...

Kells Surprise (Book of Kells Competition Entry)

March 23, 2019July 3, 2020 ~ Daniel O'Hara ~ Leave a comment

Here's my entry to Trinity College Dublin's Book of Kells Creative Competition 2018. Inexplicably, it didn't win...

homer weinstein (Draft)

May 9, 2018July 3, 2020 ~ Daniel O'Hara ~ Leave a comment

when agamemnon was the king women would sit at home...

Syrian Pastoral

May 28, 2017July 3, 2020 ~ Daniel O'Hara ~ Leave a comment

So say you had a farm outside Aleppo...

The Last Post (A Georgic Blog Epilogue)

November 7, 2016July 3, 2020 ~ Daniel O'Hara ~ Leave a comment

—Thus I sang the fields of change, the flocks of self,/While Tsar Trump thundered war across a continent...

On the Afterlife (You know, the thing that comes after the Beforedeath)

January 6, 2016July 3, 2020 ~ Daniel O'Hara ~ Leave a comment

Oh there’ll be no forty maidens,/Cloud-clad angels, sainted bliss...

What’s the weather, Wystan?

January 1, 2016July 3, 2020 ~ Daniel O'Hara ~ Leave a comment

Nothing happens. Ireland’s/(Her weather still) peaceful...

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