Prose poetry offers freedom from structure, from line markings, while retaining rhythm, imagery and emotional layering. Bilingual prose poetry reveals yet another dimension: word choice that can challenge and provoke. That can make you question your assumptions as you read and reread. Continue reading
The bilingual poem below was commissioned as part of the Red Room Poetry Fellowship 2022 Continue reading
Writing in Irish can seem like a daunting task, especially for those who did not grow up speaking the language or have not had much exposure to it. However, with some guidance and practice, anyone can learn to write in Irish and enjoy the rich culture and history that comes with the language. Continue reading
. To this day, we have a saying in Irish ‘Bhí togha gacha bí agus rogha gacha dí le fail ann’, The finest of every food and the choice(st) of every drink was to be had there. This is believed to originally date from bards of one to two thousand years ago. As a chieftain or king, one’s reputation had to be maintained, or enhanced and these ‘songs of praise’, so to speak, were pivotal in this regard. Continue reading
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I once astounded my mostly Australian-born family by using the phrase ‘put it on the long finger’ to suggest postponing something. Continue reading
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Three recent novels with Irish authors or Irish themes. Continue reading
A statue and a book to tell the story of the girls who left Mayo in the Great Famine to come to Australia. Continue reading
The year 2018 has been deemed Bliain na Gaeilge, (Irish Language Year). Continue reading
J.M.Synge and Travel Writing will send its readers back to the work being discussed with renewed interest. Continue reading
Urban Irish is a language with a distinctive past and, one would hope, a distinctive future. Continue reading
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