Your otherwise excellent obituary of PJ Kavanagh omits a very well-known part of his life and work – his Catholicism. He had once considered becoming a monk but decided he liked girls too much. As a schoolboy he prayed to St Jude that he might be tall and appealing to women. The patron saint of hopeless causes did not disappoint him.
Very much a nature poet, he revealed something of his unorthodox Catholicism in Beyond Decoration (1979):Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com