Wednesday, December 28, 2016

An Owl in my head

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An idea from the animals represented on the bicorns worn by felos at carnaval in Galicia. ‘There is an owl in my head’ said Jos...
Friday, December 23, 2016

Never Dreaming of There Because

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Here is where I am. Always here, wherever. Happy Christmas.
Sunday, December 18, 2016

How heavy is the weight of Vatican wealth?

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Crosses in the cloakroom, please.

Were you going to write me a love-letter?

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One of those  poems I come back to occasionally. It  changes each time:  the words, the  meaning and the atmosphere. Some poems defy you; t...
Friday, December 16, 2016

What was the occasion?

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It's 1908, Rathmines Town Hall is decked out in style. That July, the Summer Olympics were held in White City Stadium in White City, ...
Monday, December 12, 2016

Rag Trees

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Rag trees are, of course, less common now. The faith that dressed them for centuries is in rapid decline. It's that fact that gives the...
Friday, December 9, 2016

In memory of my mother

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She was Two cups of flour resourceful Plumb-line straight Three sides of a triangle logical Rain-coat wise Five woollen b...
Sunday, December 4, 2016

Confession

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Gulls curdled out of the tide; spume flew then settled. I confessed at the top of my voice to an ocean convulsed in its own troub...
Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Take it easy

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i To think of you in that bed, twenty years on, going the same way he did, but without hope. How do you close your eyes to ...
Thursday, November 24, 2016

60s.

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It was the time of Afton and Albany, Joe O’Neill’s band and the Adelaides, hay forks sharing pub windows with Daz and Persil; the Smi...
Saturday, November 19, 2016

On The Beach

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When, at the end of the beach, I turned to face that gleaming scimitar of strand, the filigreed waves  hurdling landward, the geo...
Monday, November 14, 2016

Artur Widak's Photograpic Exhibition Highlighting The Refugees' Plight

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 ‘The Path to Freedom:pictures illustrating the journey refugees are taking from   war-torn countries to Europe’ featuring the p...

Speaking of Roscommon, The New Roscommon Writing Award is coming up

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Then and Now Light cavorting on the stream, choruses of flies on dung, and the flush green of Roscommon fields. Whole after...
Tuesday, November 8, 2016

I asked Picasso what he did on September 6th, 1957 ̶ your birthday.

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Just back from a few days in Barcelona where I visited the wonderful Museu Picasso. In particular, I enjoyed his Las Meninas Series. This...
Monday, November 7, 2016

Submissions, Deadlines, Votes and a little bit of Appalachian Goodness

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2017 Strokestown International Poetry Festival Competitions Closing date:  2nd December, 2016 ·          The 2017 Strokestown Interna...