Category: Bloomsday
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A celebration of Irish Women Poets on Bloomsday 2019
“Yes” by Afric McGlinchey (after Molly Bloom in James Joyce’s Ulysses) …yes and then I touched my finger to his lips to stroke away the cider, and put it to mine and our tongues went plunging – such a lush sweetness – the grass so springy-soft on the cliff and the waves crashing below and…
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A Celebration of Irish Women Poets on Bloomsday 2015
PEARLS AT BLACKFRIARS For his Winter’s Tale, Master Shakespeare calls for a covered stage with the scent of candle-grease and orange-peel heavy on the air. There must be torches to give movement to shadows and life to the statue; and for Hermione’s face – tincture of pearl, crushed. With this bowl of…
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A Celebration of Irish Women Poets on Bloomsday 2014
Eleanor Hooker The Fall Oh she bared her soul alright; it fell from a star cloud Reigned by Canis Major. They knew it was authentic, It whimpered like an unknown set loose inside a crowd Of urban predators: fierce curs and savage sceptics That roamed in packs. A few select gave shelter in The…
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A Celebration of Irish Women Poets on Bloomsday 2012
Nuala Ní Chonchúir is a writer and poet, who has contributed poems and translations to the blog over sometime. I am linking here to her poetry collections page La Pucelle In the hush of my father’s house, before dusk rustles over the horizon, I take off the dress my mother made -it’s as ruby red as…
Chris Murray 