Literature

Irish Arts Center Poem of the Week: Loah Reads "The Pomegranate" by Eavan Boland

“The veiled stars are above ground. It is another world.”

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Fri, May 1, 2020

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Overview

The world lost one of our boldest and most exquisite voices on April 27, 2020. In honor of Eavan Boland, we invited the Irish singer-songwriter and actor Loah to read a piece by the great poet for our Irish Arts Center Poem of the Week series. Here is "The Pomegranate."

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The Irish Arts Center Poem of the Week is a video series of select footage of artists reciting favorite verses and poets sharing their own work, presented with the readers’ reflections on the featured pieces.

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