The poems I love in this book are some of my absolute favorites ever. But so many have to do with Irish independence and the Troubles, names I don't know and circumstances I'm not familiar with. So they are over my head or under my radar, or something. I love the idea of a poet choosing to be the voice for his people and trying to birth his nation. My heart is not the one he's aiming for. And that's ok, but...I feel like I have to sneak out the back of the theater. ( )