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- “For you can't hear Irish tunes without knowing you're Irish, and wanting to pound that fact into the floor.”Jennifer Armstrong
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- “Having to explain to someone how they hurt you, always feels like an ass kicking... again.”Alfa H
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Books by Paul Muldoon
The end of the poem
2000
Maggot
2010
Horse Latitudes
2006
The word on the street
2013
Moy Sand and Gravel
2002