Long Finish
by Paul Muldoon
‘Long Finish’ by Paul Muldoon is a ten stanza poem that is separated into sets of eight lines, also known
Paul Muldoon is a contemporary poet born in 1951 in Country Armagh. He has published several poetry collections, including Meeting the British and One Thousand Things Worth Knowing. His Moy Sand and Gravel won the Pulitzer and Griffin Poetry prizes.
‘Long Finish’ by Paul Muldoon is a ten stanza poem that is separated into sets of eight lines, also known
‘Meeting the British’ is written in the context of Pontiac’s War of 1763 that took place in the aftermath of the French and Indian war during 1754-1763. This piece appears in the 1987 poetry collection by Paul Muldoon by the same name.
‘The Throwback’ by Paul Muldoon is a thoughtful poem. In it, the speaker celebrates his partner’s heritage and relates it back to Ancient Greece.