Áine Ní Ghlinn, Irish poet and children’s writer and the first Irish Laureate na nÓg, talks about her writing and those who inspire her. Continue reading
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Poetry from Margaret Galvin
In the plush dark of the cinema,
this shy, reclusive man rode out with the drunken Sherriff to El Dorado
understood why the lawman took to the drink
when the saloon girl left town.
Wept for his loss. Continue reading
Irish Poetry and Music Day
A day of Poetry and Music Continue reading
More Poems from Colin Ryan
Colin Ryan, has had a collection of his poems published by Coiscéim.ie as Corraí na Nathrach. Continue reading
Poetry by Maria Wallace
this island scorns, defies life
from sunrise to the midnight moon
Poetry by Máire Mhac an tSaoi
I am the same age as the state
And neither turned out as you wished . . .
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Deargdhúil: Anatomy of Passion: Poems of Máire Mhac an tSaoi
This riveting documentary explores the life, work and sensual poetic imagination of Máire Mhac an tSaoi, one of Ireland’s greatest living poets. Continue reading
Book Review: A Dog’s Soul
Even if I can’t read or write
I can imagine sun flooding a page. Continue reading
Poetry
I peel back happiness from the soil, Continue reading
Poetry
No one can threaten hunger with bullets. Continue reading
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