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The Three Dawns: Leaving Cert Night Empathy Grace’s ears are ringin, there’s mascara and mucus on her shoulder the vomit in her hair’s not hers there’s no taxis and its freezin, but sight of the bin lorry sends an independence…

Goldfish The children tap the glass despite my protestations. You swish along your watery pew reproaching them in silent plosives mouthed into the water. You're not exotic enough for them, your orange wearing thin over a yellow…

MONOGRAPH is a new regular Poetry feature, showcasing a group of themed poems by one poet, in a mini pamphlet form, accompanied by photographs and / or illustrations. Our first outing, MONOGRAPH 1, features the work of Scottish poet,…

Alaska after The Day Lady Died by Frank O Hara It is twenty to nine Saturday morning Mary's elbow says I should be up by now I turn off the phone alarmed for 8.45 and see the fog and hear the dogs barking in Frank's garden I check…

Packie's waltz I saw him in the crowd He was dancing alone Waltzing around the square Some ghost of a long Lost love there in his arms, His feet following That music, the beat Of his broken heart. I was with some lads Even their…

Hanging #2 (Things Fall Apart) For JL As I relax in Inchydoney reading ‘Things Fall Apart’ by Chinua Achebe you encounter a real life hanging and with no time to think you scale the tree and save a man’s life. Twenty four…

Listen When was the last time I threw my self into these words of yours, allowed my mouth rehearse and feel essential. My american accent persists although I try not to use their phrases but oh my God what I'd give to have a voice…

Susan Millar DuMars has published three collections with Salmon Poetry, the most recent of which, The God Thing, appeared in March, 2013.  Bone Fire will be published by Salmon in Spring, 2016.  Our Galway correspondent Meabh Ann had the…

Review of Non-Existent Poetry Collection These poems are as engaging as the mobile phone that kept ringing during the last ever performance of Waiting for Godot at the Albanian National Theatre, before the building was demolished to…

Moyra Donaldson is the author of six collections of poetry. Her collection Snakeskin Stilettos was shortlisted for a Foreword Book of the Year Award. Her poems have been published internationally and she has read in many corners of the…