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Poem of the Week | Fox by Fionnuala Ní Gheannáin
Fox
By Fionnuala Ní Gheannáin
Wintered Fox
Soft fur tufted
Conversation interrupted
Harsh winters slumber pale echo of transitory memory
Juicy carcass
Lush fruit of frosted morn cracks and bursts
In Narrow maw and then…
Five Women Poets for Imbolc
It is the first of February, the beginning of spring, Imbolc. It is also known as the festival of Brigid, goddess of poetry and healing, and so to celebrate the day we want to share some of the most exciting women writers in Ireland today.…
UNBOUND | Four Poems by Yu-Hsuan Wu
Fictionalise
By Yu-Hsuan Wu
Reality rises
one gesture
fictionalises one silver thread behind
the clouds
A dreamer passing by
looks through the implication of the cloud thread
he says: we bridge
the…
Poem of the Week | Two Poems by Maeve McKenna
Social Boats, Sinking
By Maeve McKenna
I am screened, polished, mimicked by dumb
mouths in artificial mirrors, talking back.
The scent of my body, its pungent genetics,
lingers on thin bandages of light…
Poem of the Week | The Abolition of What’s Next by Kevin Higgins
The Abolition of What's Next
By Kevin Higgins
It is ten to whenever
and must remain so.
The living room door
will remain ajar
at exactly that angle.
The cat will forever
have just opened…
Poem of the Week | Two Poems by Clare Mulvany
Bioluminescence
By Clare Mulvany
The waves of West Cork are dancing with light.
They hide under the canopy of darkness,
growing in their secret.
In this lake: liquid lore.
In these waters: tincture of stars. …
Poem of the Week | Dancing with Lyme by Cathy Donelan
Dancing with Lyme
By Cathy Donelan
It took the life out of me.
Cold sweats with a shiver of something new –
a ‘ningle’, if that’s even a word.
It doesn’t sit right on the flat of my tongue
but I can feel it in my…
Poem of the Week | Three Irish Mothers of the 1950s by Amy Egan
Three Irish Mothers of the 1950s
By Amy Egan
Sometimes I think about the moment
my grandmother, married late and unexpectant,
told Grandad, grower of trees but indifferent to fruit,
(he’d upped, then rooted deep for…
Poem of the Week | Regalement by Aoife Finnegan
Regalement
By Aoife Finnegan
New plant in the sunroom,
small bird floating outside the kitchen window.
I was there that night-
wasn’t I?
Many nights (I was there),
many moons ago.
New mark on my face,…
Poetry Review | Keep on Spinning by Jen Hughes
Exploring the Cosmos
Keep on Spinning is the debut chapbook from Scottish writer and poet Jen Hughes. Hughes studies at the University of Glasgow where a course entitled 'Exploring the Cosmos' provided inspiration. Hughes utilises…