Tag: Arlen House
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“Thrushes In The Rowan Tree” and other poems by Maureen Boyle
Christmas Box There is honey and chocolate on our doorstep since Christmas—sweet box and coral flower— one on either side. The heuchera with ruffled cocoa-coloured leaves hunkers in the corner but the sarcococca or sweet box is where we step inside by design so that on nights as dark as winter and full of storm…
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Poems from ‘Available Light’ by Maria McManus
from ‘Émigrés’ 3. What is going on in your heart? Prisoners of war live here Throw off your gaudy vestments, spring’s best and brightest fig and let me see you naked and then, more naked still — Put your heart in my hearts cavity. Slip it in. Bring your worry beads if needs be. It’s not…
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‘Prime’ and other poems by Peggie Gallagher
Parlour A bolthole, a room half elsewhere adrift in distant grandeur, where breath condenses between damask drapes and the wing of a mahogany table. Where an ear might catch the scratch of a pen, a girl trawling the depths of an inkwell pouring words, slippery as a river of fish spilling loose of their…
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‘I Saw Beckett The Other Day’ and other poems by Órfhlaith Foyle
Photograph of Her Brother’s Skull They give you to me, a numbered skull from a high shelf and in my hand you are a strange brute thing – a thing I hardly see -my brother. The clean smooth bone of you – the whole of you no longer with me. In this room…
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“Eavan Boland: Inside History” Edited by Nessa O’Mahony and Siobhan Campbell
The death of Eavan Boland (1944-2020) occurred on 27/04/2020 in Dublin, Ireland. Condolences to her family, friends, and colleagues. You can read a collation of tributes and obituaries to Eavan at this link. EAVAN BOLAND INSIDE HISTORY (Arlen House, 2016) Eavan Boland: Inside History, a new volume of essays and poems in response to the…
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From “Parvit of Agelast” and other poems by Máighréad Medbh
From Parvit of Agelast ‘Your face is ridiculous: O. . . . . leeeeee ugly 🙂❤ / thanks, sure i know !’ :L’ – Ciara Pugsley, ask.fm net whn th little lite shinin frm abve doesnt n younguns mad fr luv r spected 2 b home thumbs go drum on magic pads n open windows so…
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‘Warning Shots’ and other poems by Geraldine Mitchell
Warning Shots When you live on the edge of an ocean, you cannot pretend you did not see it coming. The leaves are still, birds chatter, the sea is a sheet of steel. But out west where last night the sun left a sky illumined like stained glass dirt heaps up,…
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“Poems from In Between Angels and Animals” by Emily Cullen
EMBODIMENT 1. Maternal I lie on the bed in darkness, wary of sudden toddler jerks (your innocent, erratic strength). Instead, you lay your head upon my cheek and in that momentary tenderness, a universe of visceral wisdom. I am held by this intuition: love free of all condition. 2. Marital We…
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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 