Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Measure A Life Span

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How many times did you dip a spoon  into  sugar, drink a cup of tea, eat a slice of bread, dip a spoon, drink a cup, eat bread, d ip a spoo...
Sunday, April 24, 2016

Moon poem

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Desire brushing my face like some woman’s hair. Trapped in a drizzle of muscles, beneath a moon filling the world with long...

Boyle Arts Festival Poetry Competition

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Boyle Arts Festival Poetry Competition 2016 has announced arrangements for the 2016 poetry competition. Prizes are €250 first prize, 2 priz...
Thursday, April 21, 2016

You Take the Sea; I'll Take the Land

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You Take the Sea; I’ll Take the Land.              Then, growing cautious of air currents, my ears will extend to points, nose ...
Sunday, April 17, 2016

Irish steps and places very much alive in the U.S.

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While browsing the net, looking through Irish  place-names that have been exported to America, I landed on some footage of a four-year Iris...
Sunday, April 10, 2016

Outsider

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I was born in a tree; before words rustled, thoughts rustled. Caught, netted in November: the leaves fallen, ten fingers hook...
Friday, April 8, 2016

Charlie Brown's Eyes

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Stopped to watch Charlie Brown's eyes winking in pools as the rain fell on Lower Kimmage Road. Earlier in the pub a...
Saturday, April 2, 2016

Creative Writing Opportunities with writer and poet Gerry Boland in Leitrim Libraries

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Dublin-born poet, now living on the Leitrim/Roscommon border, Gerry Boland, has recently launched his second collection of poems, entitled ...
Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Submissions, please!

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AvantAppal(achia) , a new ezine for the avant garde, was founded by Sabne Raznik and Kodi Mullins. They are currently looking for experimen...
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Sunday, March 27, 2016

In an old bar

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All afternoon a fly dragged its buzz, a clock its tick, and the sun, dumped on the counter, had the dust swimming silvery. A wh...
Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Unwelcome Meeting

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I wish I could remember who inspired this small poem. In fact, I've no recollection of writing it at all. Many years ago, when I  ...
Saturday, March 19, 2016

Loneliness

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At One End Of A Bench.   At one end of a bench an old man wearing Winter clothes regards the fountains and Summer through...
Sunday, March 13, 2016

A Surprising Image

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A number of people have commented on how the chance arrangements of  magnetic words on a fridge door have prompted fresh ideas or modes of e...
Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Historic Walk around Rathmines and Cathal Brugha Barracks

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If you’re at a loose end this coming Tuesday (March 15 th ) afternoon, you might really enjoy the free guided walk around Rathmines, inclu...
Sunday, March 6, 2016

Child with Gun

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Footage of child soldiers is always frightening.   Such barbarity.   Do a search in Google images, ‘arabic child with   gun’ and be appall...