• Gold Friend by Chris Murray: the title is often the last piece of the jigsaw (Irish Times)

    This is an excerpt from a reflection on Gold Friend published online in the Irish Times (16/09/2020). Thanks very much to Martin Doyle who offered me the space to write about the book and about Poethead. …The convergence of influence and imagery that is inherent in Gold Friend began at Drimnagh Castle and works from…

  • Celebrating the launch of ‘Gold Friend’ 2020

    This film includes a sound adaption of ‘Nocturne for Voices One and Two” by Una Lee, a talk by Salma Ahmad Caller about the art for ‘Gold Friend’ and ‘A Hierarchy of Halls’, and the art that you can see on this site every time you click in. The piece is called ‘Making Den of…

  • ‘Gold Friend’ (Turas Press, 2020) 💛

    ‘Gold Friend’ (Turas Press, 2020) 💛

      Gold Friend was launched on September the 8th 2020. This film includes a sound adaption of ‘Nocturne for Voices One and Two” by Una Lee, a talk by Salma Ahmad Caller about the art for ‘Gold Friend’ and ‘A Hierarchy of Halls’, and the art that you can see on this site every time…

  • “Womanhood” and other poems by Amara George Parker

    womanhood womanhood did not sneak up on me when my thighs were stained with first blood that arrived so unexpected so connecting it didn’t happen when hormones sprouted lumps and bumps that others stared at and touched it was not given to me nor did I grab it in the first instance of fucking or…

  • “River” a series by Sarah Lenihan

    River (I) I wish I could lay in a river glazed with gold – my heart sinking into yours amidst this pleasure. I would watch you fall beneath my feet as we would lay upon the riches we’ve won. It is a deadly notion to dream this dream of mine– The current brings us on…

  • “Stargazing After a Laparoscopy” and other poems by Lily Foguth

    1 out of 10 There are small pixies flying around my uterus, igniting micro-fires in protest at my womanhood. The flames fester around my ovaries too. But that is just the beginning. Sometimes, the pixies pull elfin daggers from their belts and stab the undersides of my ovaries. The blood pours out in stringy red…

  • “When the angel came to me” and other poems by Danielle Galligan

    When the angel came to me ‘The Virgin…’ He smirked, then ‘Virginity is a complex concept, pet’ I said. ‘I’ve been sent by God; He has a job–’ ‘So I’ve heard, you’ve got the wrong girl.’ Then, he grabs my wrist, ‘I must insist.’ Kisses my knuckle, twisted fuck. I imagine it going through his…

  • ‘Stormriver’ and other poems by Myra Vennard

    Originally posted on Poethead by Chris Murray: NIGHT TREE Along the river bank street lights are lighting   the darkening waters glow the sun is low   the mountain crouches low in shadow   light drops from light dark creeps back to night …   my mind struggles with a paradox – gleams from a…

  • “In Rivers” and other poems by Alison McCrossan

    Sunray Here you cast your dazzling eye through clouds ruptured on surging waters, where in winds on a mission across skies born of voids words were loaded: let me out; crowns of heaving leaves spilled trees, turned them upside down, a splay of tangled guts, and spat out the despair of the years in a…

  • ‘The New Natalism’ and other poems by Claire Kieffer

    The New Natalism Mother is in bits but only literally she doesn’t find it funny at all this new slug covered in shreds of skin his or her own, she doesn’t know. She doesn’t want to think about which of those are hers about the things she ripped out that took on a life of…