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“Kavanaugh Himself” by Jim Collins
Inniskeen Road: July Evening
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 eight and there is not a spot
Upon a mile of road, no shadow thrown
That might turn out a man or woman, not
A footfall tapping secrecies of stone.
I have what every poet hates in spite
Of all the solemn talk of contemplation.
Oh, Alexander Selkirk knew the plight
Of being king and government and nation.
A road, a mile of kingdom. I am king
Of banks and stones and every blooming thing.
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The inspiration for this sculpture came from this poem by the famous Irish Poet Patrick Kavanagh of County Monaghan. He seem to always travel a different road from others, so I made this stainless steel sculpture of Kavanagh riding not a bicycle, but a Unicycle, and on his head a King’s Crown.
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