Medley for Morin Khur Author:Paul Muldoon 'I started the sonnet sequence "Horse Latitudes" as the U.S. embarked on its foray into Iraq. The poems have to do with a series of battles (all beginning with the letter 'B' as if to suggest a 'missing' Baghdad) in which horses or mules played a major role. Intercut with those battle-scenes are accounts of a 'battle' with cancer by a former lov... more »er, here named Carlotta, and a commentary on the agenda of what may only be described as the Bush 'regime'. The title poem was written for "Something beginning with P: New Poems from Irish Poets" (O'Brien Press) and was recently translated into Chinese in celebration of a visit to Shanghai and Beijing' - Paul Muldoon.« less