You Old Romantic, Me

by Kieran Healy on February 13, 2004

Until this afternoon, a Google search for the phrase 'Valentine Poem' promptly returned this elegaic masterpiece high on the first page of results. (I know this because its been the most popular search referrer to my website for each of the past ten days.) Written last year by one of the leading poetic talents of his generation, I think it’s a lot better than the crap that appears to have displaced it — but whoever said democracy makes the best choices?