ABSTRACT
Ezra Pound described poets as ‘the antennae of the race’. When we contemplate such realities as forgiveness and healing and the shifting contours between their personal and cultural landscapes, it is perhaps the poet’s vision then that sensitizes our perspective on the complexity and mystery involved. In the search for understanding of forgiveness and reconciliation in such post-conflict situations as Ireland, a poet like Eavan Boland offers insight, at once reliable and elusive, not least on the resonance between the personal and public discourses of forgiveness and healing.
