David Cooke
AFTER BRUEGEL
The magpie on the gallows
has seen it all, but now
remembers nothing;
the bright beads
of his eyes swivelling...
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THE POEM: David Cooke on Derek Mahon’s “The Snow Party”
"What is certainly clear is that ‘The Snow Party’ is a minor masterpiece in which Mahon has gained maximum effect from minimum means by developing one central image."
