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Introducing
STRESSING THE ESSENTIAL
An ebook of poetry by John O’Loughlin
Which can be previewed via the link
below the following Centretruths editorial:-
This collection
of twenty-five mainly philosophical poems, written during 1982, may serve to
confirm that John O’Loughlin had considerably deepened his approach to and
concept of poetry since Dosshouse Blues (1973-4), and the result should
not prove displeasing to anyone who would prefer to see him primarily as a
philosopher (albeit a self-taught one) who occasionally dabbles in other
things, poetry not excepted! Doubtless
the fact that he is someone of southern Irish birth who, brought over to
England as a young child in consequence of parental separation, has spent the
greater part of his life away from his native country ... has something to do
with this paradoxical state-of-affairs, since one is often exposed to contrary
influences and predilections, both natural and artificial, neither of which
greatly ingratiates one to less complex or, perhaps I should say, paradoxically
confused and disadvantaged people? Be
that as it may, John O’Loughlin accepts that he has, at various times in his
life, been prepared to dabble in poetry, even if from a philosophic rather than
a strictly poetic standpoint, since the adoption of alternative genres makes
for variety both in the presentation and conception of one's thought, and can
be beneficial to the writer himself, who could otherwise bog down in one mould
and grow stale or bored, as the case might be.
Stressing the Essential, the first of four collections of
philosophical poems written in successive years, precluded Mr O’Loughlin from
experiencing such a stultifying fate and was thus of indirect benefit to his
philosophical will. It was not, however,
any the less easy, so we are reliably informed, for him to write! - A
Centretruths editorial.
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