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 Being Alive is about being human: about love and loss
exultant and belligerent
where he still lives
it must also be rooted in the gravity that structures everything
and eulogies to dearly departed pets
Angel Hill by Michael Longley Henry Wadsworth Longfellow  Being Alive is aboutShortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection 2017 A remote townland in County Mayo, Carrigskeewaun has been for nearly fifty years Michael Longleys home from home, his soul landscape. Its lakes and mountains, wild animals and flowers, its moody seas and skies have for decades lit up his poetry. Now they overflow into Angel Hill, his exuberant new collection. In addition, Longley has been exploring Lochalsh in the Western Highlands where his
