Poem of the Month – August 2020

by Suella Holland | Aug 10, 2020 | News, Poems of the Month

Our August Poem of the Month comes from Eamon Grennan’s forthcoming collection, Plainchant, due for publication September 2020. Chance Lovely, aren’t they? . . . Sweet, too, already, is what she said, the woman I met by chance on my morning walk as she was...

Poem of the Month – June 2020

by Suella Holland | Jun 2, 2020 | News, Poems of the Month

Our June 2020 Poem of the Month comes from Caitríona Ni Chléirchín’s bilingual collection, The Talk of the Town, with translations by Peter Fallon, which was published on 23rd April 2020.   Nuair a Fhágann Tú Mé   ní ann dom a thuilleadh.                  ...

Poem of the Month – April 2020

by Suella Holland | Apr 2, 2020 | News, Poems of the Month, Poetry

Our April 2020 Poem of the Month comes from Tom French’s new collection, The Sea Field, which was published on 2nd April 2020. The Night Field It was the brothers who were partial to a yarn but it was he who pulled on boots and went to check on the cattle in The...

Poem of the Month – March 2020 – John McAuliffe

by Suella Holland | Mar 3, 2020 | News, Poems of the Month

Our March 2020 Poem of the Month comes from John McAuliffe’s forthcoming collection, The Kabul Olympics, which will be published on 2nd April 2020. Cold War A day of days: I roll myself into the sandy dune, hiding from where the others have gone, on my own, with...

Poem of the Month – January 2020 – Medbh McGuckian

by Suella Holland | Jan 9, 2020 | News, Poems of the Month, Uncategorised

Our first Poem of the Month for 2020 comes from Marine Cloud Brightening by Medbh McGuckian which was published in September 2019.   The Seed Mantra: A Gift Poem Sweeping up a leaf that blew in last November I thought, there will be no more autumns, I shall have...

Poem of the Month – November 2019

by Suella Holland | Nov 4, 2019 | News, Poems of the Month, Poetry

Our November Poem of the Month is in memory of Tom Mac Intyre who died on 31 October 2019. ‘Poetry’ by Tom Mac Intyre is translated from ‘An Fhilíocht’ by Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill. Poetry Almost spent the small bird landed on my window-sill,...