Monday, September 29, 2008

Lucky Thirteen

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One of the best pieces of news for Irish poetry this year is the return of Force 10; Issue 13 is out now. In the past I always enjoyed its m...
Monday, September 22, 2008

All -Ireland Poetry Day

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How do I know I need to mix more? When just about every poet I’ve ever heard of has a gig but myself. And that’s close enough the case on th...
Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Needing Something Different

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I look along my poetry collection needing something I can’t quite define in the same way one sometimes has a desire for a taste: something d...
Friday, September 5, 2008

Love

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Recently I’ve been thinking of the love poems I won’t be writing. But I do find my ‘would be’ words in the writings of others. When it comes...
Friday, August 29, 2008

Dublin to Dysert O'Dea

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I was looking through the O’Dea Clan guestbook and came across an entry asking for tips on how to maximise the experience of a trip to Dubli...
Sunday, August 24, 2008

Fish Stone Water

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Holy wells have an atmosphere about them that is unique. They are portals into another place: ancient, otherworldly, magical, serene. They a...
Sunday, August 10, 2008

“Rachel Giese The Donegal Pictures”

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Rachel Brown (formerly Rachel Giese) published “Rachel Giese The Donegal Pictures” in 1987. I got the ideas for some for some of my poems br...
Friday, August 1, 2008

Yeats Exhibition

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If you’ve not been to the Yeats Exhibition in the National Library, put it into the diary; it’s excellent. But isn’t it time the capital off...
Sunday, July 27, 2008

Jean-Philippe Goude

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I went searching for Jean-Philippe Goude who is credited with the music on the Bosch animation below. It was worth it, check out his website...
Saturday, July 26, 2008

Bosch Animation

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If you are a Bosch fan there are some nice compilations of his work on Youtube. You might also search for Bosch animations while you're...

Increasing Poetry Readership

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When I passed up Manchester United on television to give a poetry reading in the back room, the barman commented, as he pulled his chair clo...
Tuesday, July 22, 2008

A Bit about Mee

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A recent RTE "Arts Show" featured the American playwright and author Charles Mee. It was an absorbing interview. I found myself in...
Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Hidden Irish Treasures

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Fore, Co Westmeath came to the fore,(couldn’t resist), on radio last week. The conversation widened out to unknown treasures (destinations w...
Saturday, July 12, 2008

poetry on the wall

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So, just as I’ve finally got round to pasting all the pictures and photographs that have inspired me over the years onto the walls of my wor...
Friday, July 4, 2008

Cloverhill Church

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We had spent the day touring around Mayo and Galway and were now nearly back in Roscommon town when the driver slammed on the breaks and rev...