isn't it yeah okay the next one is by an Irish poet people might not know

Oh, well, this is, yeah, Vona Groarke.

She was in 2025.

She was made the Ireland Professor of Poetry.

And this is just short little vignettes of precious moments.

And if it's OK, I'll just read them.

They're from April up to September and it leads into the month that we're in now.

So a lot of people will know this poem, Postscript.

This will bring people back.

It'll bring us all back.

Inniskeen Road, July Evening by Patrick Kavanagh.

"The bicycles go by in twos and threes.

There's a dance in Billy Brennan's barn tonight.

And there's the half-talk code of mysteries and the wink and elbow language of delight.

Half past 8 and there's not a spot upon a mile of road, no shadow thrown that might turn out a man or woman.

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[guitar strumming]

[audience applauding] Hello, everyone.

It's lovely to be here on such a sunny day.

So I'd like to read you a love poem, which has me standing on a street near Christchurch in Dublin.

I'm feeling romantic today and looking back in time to the early days of when I first met my husband.

It's called Above the River.

I'm across a busy street watching you.