Tag: Images

  • ‘Nymphs’ by Katharine Tynan.

    Nymphs Where are ye now, O beautiful girls of the mountain, Oreads all ? Nothing at all stirs here save the drip of the fountain; Answer our call Only the heart-glad thrush, in the vale of Thrushes; Stirs in the brake But the dew-bright ear of the hare in his couch of rushes Listening, awake.…

  • Word Images.

    The Vowels: Ailm – ‘A’ Onn– ash-tree, ‘O’ úr-earth , ‘U’ Eadhadh-‘E’ Iodhadh– ‘i’ éabhadh-‘ea’ ór-gold-, ‘oi’ Uileann-elbow ‘Ui’ ifín-pine, ‘ia’ Eamhancoll, ‘ea’. They relate to Ogham markings, I wanted to publish a photo of a flower I only know as ‘flame’, which grows wild on roadsides and all over Achill island and in areas of the…

  • The Philosopher [Excerpt] by Emily Bronte.

    I saw a spirit , standing, man, Where thou dost stand– an hour ago, And round his feet three rivers ran, Of equal depth and equal flow– A golden stream– and one like blood; and one like sapphire seemed to be; But where they joined their triple flood it tumbled in an inky sea  …

  • O Where did I leave it Now?

    This Frances Castle image is ‘The Green veggie Monster 2‘, was going to write Mark2, but that would be rude…, The email conversation with Frances resulted in a discussion (largely in my head) on Sheelagh no Gig, ‘cos there’s one in Tara churchyard and young men have given her a rub for luck in the…