Poems by Eavan Boland
Once by Eavan Boland
August 31, 2022
“I do not want us to be immortal or unlucky. / To listen for our own death in the distance. / Take my hand. Stand by the window.” – Eavan Boland
Atlantis — A Lost Sonnet by Eavan Boland
November 1, 2011
"what really happened is / this: the old fable-makers searched hard for a word" – Eavan Boland
What Language Did by Eavan Boland
December 28, 2010
"We cannot sweat here. Our skin is icy. / We cannot breed here. Our wombs are empty. / Help us to escape youth and beauty." — Eavan Boland
Quarantine by Eavan Boland
October 5, 2010
“But her feet were held against his breastbone. / The last heat of his flesh was his last gift to her.” — Eavan Boland
This Moment by Eavan Boland
December 11, 2005
“A woman leans down to catch a child / who has run into her arms / this moment.” — Eavan Boland





