so…IF that is true –
I only have your word for it.
I trust you, but your black and white
has grey edges.
Maybe. Continue reading
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Ar thóir gach ní In search of everything
She points out how the dog is happy to see him home too and the cat in her own way. The bougainvillea has grown wild without his care, the olives need picking. She then notices his inability to respond and offers her arms, in which he finally releases his emotions, relieved to be home again. Continue reading
Seasonal Poems
Vermeer would have made much of it Continue reading
Award-winning Irish Films at the Sydney Film Festival
Three award-winning Irish films at this year’s Sydney Film Festival Continue reading
Are the Torys Irish?
it appears to be an insult directed against the Irish. How ,then, did it end up as a name for an English political party? Continue reading
A postcard from my sister
I want to climb those hills
and find a shepherd minding sheep Continue reading
His First Rodeo A Chéad Róidió
He turned on his heels and walked out of sight like John Wayne at the end of The Searchers. Continue reading
Gentle Stories of Loss and Longing
A language needs nurturing, love and polishing to keep it present. This is no easy feat when we are far away from the home country
where pieces of it spill into our daily lives whether on road signs, TV or generally in the way we speak English in Ireland and how we express ourselves. Continue reading
Poems from Colin Ryan
Aistear Ghabh sé trí na sráideannaistoíchemar ghadaí nó teachtaire an ghealach ina lóchrannna réaltaíá n-ídiú féin ar maidinbhí na sléibhte anngan fáilte gan doicheall gaoth scallta lastall díobhgaineamhlach go bun na spéire lig sé don ghaineamh é a bhálig sé chuige an t-íonú Journey He passed through the streets at night like a thief or … Continue reading
St Patrick’s Day in South Australia
From the beginning of European settlement, St Patrick’s Day in South Australia has been commemorated annually as a rallying call to express Irish identity in a new land. Continue reading
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