Friday, May 30, 2008

Summer-time

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Looking forward to having a few pints in Biddy’s in Barnesmore, and walking in the Bluestacks, getting started on a Roscommon anthology and ...

Poetry Readership in Ireland

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Apparently the Irish are the biggest poetry readers per capita in Europe. I am not surprised but I am a bit sceptical as to what the numbers...
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Thursday, May 29, 2008

Sunlight on water

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I’m convinced the play of sunlight on water triggers happiness. The scintillations seem to tickle the brain. So for the complete package I’m...
Thursday, May 22, 2008

Poetry/Literary Publications

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PIR, Cyphers, The Salmon, Krino, Force 10, The Stinging Fly, The SHOp, Incognito………..poets in particular seem to want to publish as well as ...
Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Roscommon

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A few years after deciding I was finished writing a collection of poems called A Midland Town A Country Town which I undertook after seeing ...
Monday, May 12, 2008

Warren O'Connell

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The Dublin Writers Workshop was, for a number of years, a regular stop for me. I met a lot of good writers, a lot of interesting people, and...
Sunday, May 11, 2008

Ó Bhéal

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Searching for Irish Poetry Festivals I found ó bhéal Poetry Blog. It contains a listing of the year’s poetry festivals and the upcoming Open...
Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Raglan Road

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I felt like hearing Luke Kelly singing Raglan Road, then decided anyone reading the blog should hear it too. But I had trouble choosing betw...

Sohrab Sepehri

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But there are some things, some high moments ( I saw a woman poet, for example so absorbed in space that the sky laid eggs in her eyes;………) ...
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Yellow Hair

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"NEVER shall a young man, Thrown into despair By those great honey-coloured Ramparts at your ear, Love you for yourself alone And not y...

Barack Hussein Obama: An Opportunity

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I would love to see a female president of the USA. However it’s a pity the choice has arisen now. The US has been held up for most of my lif...
Sunday, April 27, 2008

The Erne Estuary

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I’m sitting beside a window full of the Erne Estuary. There’s not the slightest breeze. S-shaped, mirror-still, silvery grey. Shades of ivor...
Monday, April 21, 2008

Magical Places

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I was looking through old photos when I came to the stained glass windows of Sans Chappell(click on the picture above to see it at its best)...
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Sunday, April 13, 2008

Dysert O’Dea

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My collection of maps has grown over the years. Hillwalkers use the 1:50000 Ordinance Survey maps. There are 89 in the series covering the 3...

Dom Bernard O'Dea

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Writing about Dysert brings Dom Bernard to mind. He was my father’s first cousin and, of course, chaplain to the O’Dea clan for many years. ...