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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
Noel King’s Knotty Poems
Anyone who has attempted to draw a knot would know how difficult it is to discern the curves and tucks of hempen lines. King lists the many kinds of knots he paints …. Continue reading
The Flesh and the Spirit
The poems in Irish illustrate the directness of the language, its peculiar music, its power to evoke a history which seldom finds a voice in English… Continue reading
John Sexton’s Moon Magic
Sexton is not one to pull his punches… Continue reading
Poetry page
old books, riverbanks, Bogs, and wool just washed, And hung out in the wind to dry. Continue reading
The Ring of the Day
There is pathos, irony and social comment in a voice that is accessible and fond. Continue reading
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