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Poetry
May your life shine like the sun, your mouth be filled with laughter Continue reading
Abhaile
what path what peace lies before you Continue reading
Celebrating sacred places
Tanka, conventionally used to celebrate nature and the seasons, is also perfect for registering the evanescent responses of the cultural outsider to new landscapes. Continue reading
Poetry performance @ Federation Square
we can still celebrate this Day for women and by women through many languages, colours and poetic dimensions. Continue reading
On Hearing of the Death of Seamus Heaney
Do you agree that when poetry and music meet and match, the magic of the senses release the greatest of satisfactions? Continue reading
The Man they call the Banjo
The exact circumstances about the love affair, Banjo’s break up with his fiancé Sarah Riley, and the death of the Swagman may never be known. Continue reading
On first teaching Heaney
Another in Tinteán’s ongoing series of tributes to Seamus Heaney, arguing that Heaney’s rapid canonisation was due to his attractive subjects and themes, and to his poems’ suitability for contemporary criticism. Continue reading
Of Constance Markiewicz and dancing goddesses
Eileen Haley captures the indomitability of Constance Markiewicz in a quilt which celebrates an eventful life as a free-spirited and pro-active woman. Continue reading
Getting it Right
Getting it Right, a poem by ALAN RODDICK which celebrates Heaney and laments the divisions between communities in Ulster. Continue reading
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