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Paul Rouse: Durcan's work on sport pure poetry in motion 

The best poems about sport are not usually about success, rather they approach sport from alternative perspectives.
Paul Rouse: Durcan's work on sport pure poetry in motion 

WRITE STUFF: Poet Paul Durcan who died aged 80.  Picture/RollingNews.ie

Paul Durcan wrote some great poems about sport.

He died last weekend, aged 80, but his work will live on. In a recent tribute to him on the ‘Arena’ show on RTÉ Radio One, the presenter Sean Rocks described him as the “most companionable of poets”. It was a great way to put it.

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