(This one’s for you, Niner.) Instead of offering just one poem today, I would like to introduce a poet. Not that he needs introduction per se, as he is already fairly well-established, but even … more →
bilingual | zweisprachigwrote 4 months ago: “Ciaran Carson is a class of centaur-a flute-playing poet and a word-rich musician. Last Night … more →
wrote 9 months ago: A review of Irish poet Ciaran Carson’s captivating and witty new collection. By Carmine Starni … more →
wrote 11 months ago: Can you look at this image and not be moved? Poetry is all about the image, and it is also about how … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Space considerations led to my article today in The Independent on the best poetry of the year being … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Some of the nominees in the running for the Costa Book Awards 2008 (picture by The Guardian) The sho … more →
wrote 1 year ago: One of my English Literature courses this year is entitled “Post-Colonialism and Irish Studies … more →
wrote 1 year ago: (This one’s for you, Niner.) Instead of offering just one poem today, I would like to introduc … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Irrevocable? Never irrevocable, you said, picking me up wrong through the din of the coffee machine. … more →
wrote 2 years ago: Well it seems I’m on a little Irish poetry kick of late. Only fitting, three years after forma … more →