Monday, July 27, 2015

Mont Sainte Victoire

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  Cezanne's Mountain   i Like ice, like iron, glass, air, granite.      The sun inside it, through it, off ...
Wednesday, July 22, 2015

The Beauty

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From the shit slops she grew; we marvelled. Such a slim, graceful beauty from our soil, that crystalline perfection from our sph...
Saturday, July 18, 2015

from Painting Women

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                             Balance                                                                                               ...
Monday, July 13, 2015

At One End of a Bench

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  At one end of a bench an old man wearing Winter clothes regards the fountains and Summer through melt-water irises.   ...
Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Where the poetry comes from

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Reflection and dreaming, in a nutshell. Where The Poetry Comes From   Fathomless blue; blue sky.   Two swallows proclaiming...
Saturday, July 4, 2015

Reviving the Irish language: a cultúrlann for Dublin

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Why throw our hands up in despair? The Irish language is on the verge of extinction; we’ve known all along, the death rattles have been ...
Wednesday, July 1, 2015

With You

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    The fields, green with snow under an apple blue sky;   you, brimming winter’s brightness,   turning cartwheels; your w...
Friday, June 26, 2015

Country Childhood

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I was blessed to have a country childhood. The freedom to come and go without the constant monitoring for safety. We had the run of the to...
Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Notice to children

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The Aos Sí (Sídhe), the fairy folk of Ireland are alive and well and are living beneath the sídhe, fairy mounds dotted all around Ireland....
Friday, June 19, 2015

Literary Competition for Writers with Roscommon Connection

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New Roscommon Writing Award 2015 First Prize €500 Competition Rules ·         Entries, in English, on any theme, in any literary form ...
Thursday, June 18, 2015

Alternative view

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Globalisation has what it takes to destroy all but middle of the road. And, as wildlife becomes tamelife to be found only in zoos, imaginat...
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Bird of Paradise

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    One of my abiding memories from a visit to the Skelligs, too many years ago now, is of gannets moving to and fro in the air betw...
Friday, June 12, 2015

The Wake

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1 When Katy Tyrell’s eyelids were closed, they stopped the clock, covered the mirror, and she was waked.   Entwined in her h...
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Monday, June 8, 2015

Jane Clarke's collection 'The River'

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I am delighted to hear that Jane Clarke's collection The River , published by Bloodaxe Books is now available and will be launched at ...
Friday, June 5, 2015

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    A tree is screaming, the rocks have clapped hands over their ears; a stream is stealing the silver and a cave, aghast, has s...