Kavanagh's idea of God

This is the 50th anniversary of the death of poet Patrick Kavanagh.

On RTE's Nationwide on Tuesday Oliver Callan looked back on the life and work of the poet.

Kavanagh died in Dublin on November 30, 1967.

Below is an excerpt from one of his poems.

I met God the Father in the street

And the adjectives by which I would describe him are these: 

Amusing 

Experimental, 

Irresponsible - 

About frivolous things 

He was not a man who would be appointed to a Board 

Nor impress a bishop 

Or gathering of art-lovers.