John Hewitt the inspirational Irish poet, when asked of his politics, described himself as “a man of the left”. Why a man who understood the importance of identity and the precision of words used such a vague term is open to speculation. My take on it is that knowing the false impressions and the misshapen images that political terms can conjure, he chose not to attach himself to presumptions and stereotypes, but rather chose to use the relative innocence of this phrase to allow him to plant the seeds of his ideas in his ‘chosen ground’.
But that’s just my take on it.
Hopefully evoking the terms of such a highly regarded poet in my first post I haven’t given the impression that this will be a artistic, rhythmical or even well written blog. It wont.
I just liked the term is all.
