Funferal

Peter Kavanagh, brother of Patrick, dies

Peter Kavanagh, brother of the late poet Patrick, has died in New York, where he was a professor of English literature. It was to Peter that Patrick dedicated his Collected Poems, and after Patrick’s death Peter put much energy into keeping his reputation and poetry alive, eventually succeeding in publishing a Complete Poems.

Forget the men on Brady’s hill.
Forget what Brady’s boy may say.
For destiny will not fulfil
Unless you let the harrow play.
Forget the worm’s opinion too
Of hooves and pointed harrow-pins,
For you are driving your horses through
The mist where Genesis begins.