unspoken words waiting
to be given a sound. Continue reading
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Remembering St Mochuda (Carthage) and all the Saints of Ireland
It includes the first public recitation from a Litany of the Saints, in an Irish language prayer-book, Continue reading
Poetry
No new life here and ancient yellowing receipts
hung on rusty nails in the long black rafter beams. Continue reading
GALLIPOLI (The Great War)
The peninsula is a beautiful picturesque landscape littered with graves, many of them Irish graves. Continue reading
Poetry
they came to this place, made treaties and nature
swearing to die as they did for desperate causes Continue reading
A poem and a pendant
The letters of this alphabet were trees’. Continue reading
Poetry
So I wept for want of a lost love, as all sons their mothers. Continue reading
Poetry
May your life shine like the sun, your mouth be filled with laughter 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
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