You, what my friends saw as they died. You contain what's not containable. You, shape of my desire. KELLY: That is Padraig O ...
You, what my friends saw as they died ... He is also editor of the new anthology "44 Poems On Being With Each Other." Padraig O Tuama, thank you for a moment of beauty in a chaotic moment.
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama about a new poetry anthology he edited called "44 Poems on Being with Each Other" and his own collection called "Kitchen Hymns.
As a youngster growing up in Cork, Ó Tuama looked forward to poetry classes in school with such excitement that he had frequently learned pieces off by heart well in advance. The third of six ...