Monday, June 30, 2014

The Rain Was Falling.

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Standing at the kitchen door, trying to pick out individual droplets landing like tiny footfalls on the concrete.   How slight  ...
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Thursday, June 26, 2014

Civilisation

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    At half six I turn on the news to see how the war is going.   Tracers are arcing down into the city; the reporter keeps...
Sunday, June 22, 2014

Evening

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  Evening light dozed on his unwashed dishes; years' old dust collected behind hanging china plates; the Sacred Heart loo...
Monday, June 16, 2014

The effectiveness of simple

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Picking up on the word 'simple' in the first line, the poem remains simple, and is  supremely effective for that.    Suicide in ...
Friday, June 13, 2014

Spring

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i Bleached, bone-dry, wind-scalded wood;   my spindled torso weathered clean,   my curlicued roots   clamped i...
Monday, June 9, 2014

A carrier bag

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A carrier bag, caught in a sycamore tree, heaved and pulled, strained itself skinny, thrashed to escape. Its mouth, a terrorized rip, wa...
Thursday, June 5, 2014

How to say I love you

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A red, red rose by Robbie Burns O my Luve's like a red, red rose   That’s newly sprung in June;   O my Luve's like the ...
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Saturday, May 31, 2014

The Douglas Hyde Conference 2014

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I’m chairing this year’s conference, which takes place on July 18 th in Ballaghaderreen. Entitled ‘The Unsaved Harvest: Rural Irelan...
Wednesday, May 28, 2014

from Painting Women

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        Her skin is clear and white (as I see it); he picks out the heat and cold that is in her flesh so her belly is blue a...
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Sunday, May 25, 2014

All Dublin in your armchair

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If ever you plan to go to Dublin, I suggest you make a virtual tour first, and you'll no finer way to wander through the city than by St...
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Sunday, May 18, 2014

Irish trad but as you know it

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Like the cover design, Ensemble Ériu's music is Irish but not typical; the inclusion of some unorthodox instruments gives it a very ...
Monday, May 12, 2014

The Rathmines Roar

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Saturday, May 3, 2014

Stone: Christian and Pre-christian

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Whether it be the ruined castles or celtic crosses, megalithic dolmens or round towers,  Ireland's greatest treasures are made of stone...
Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Mick O'Dea, the artist

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Mick O'Dea is perhaps best known for his portraits; his 2010 portrait of Brian Friel being a beautiful example of what he does so won...
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

City Lives

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  City Lives. They shout into space, answer each other like whales across great haunted distances; they never meet, onl...