It means once in a lifetime
That justice can rise up
And hope and history rhyme.
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Elegy for the Corncrake by Michael Boyle
An Elegy for the Corncrake (On September 26 2020 local bird watcher Jared Clarke saw a corncrake on the South- east coast of Newfoundland.) Crek craik, crek craik crek craikNear noon on that Saturday mornon the boggy bake apple barrensflushed out by the spottersat a droke close Cape Race.You were only just a couple hours … Continue reading
Poems in English and Irish
Finally, I gently clasp the dragonfly’s wings
and release it at the backdoor to fly away.
Was it a lost soul of a relative
From long ago looking for our prayers? Continue reading
Dánta Póca Julie Breathnach-Banwait
Discovery of another poet writing in Irish, to the great acclaim of her peers. Continue reading
Ode to the Women of Ireland
The winner of the Percy French Prize for Witty Verse. Continue reading
Cuckoon’s Nest
Working through Irish-music tune-names for an article in the 3rd edition of Companion to Irish Traditional Music, Fintan Valelly was time-travelled back to the 1800s, conjured by those melodic ‘handles’ into a heaving landscape of people, lives, places and the everyday. Continue reading
Poetry by Michael Boyle
The only 1916 rebel to be given a state funeral Continue reading
Poems from Colin Ryan
Poems in Irish by Colin Ryan. Continue reading
Eavan Boland: Giving poetic voice to women.
Eavan Boland wrote of the wounds carried in the Irish psyche through the death of its heroes. Continue reading
Poetry as Autobiography
Poetry and Paul Kelly’s preferences provide insight into the singer/songwriter’s mind. Continue reading
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