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"I Crossed the Minch"

Malcolm Redfellow wrote 1 week ago: That previous post maundered on a trifle. It finally bumped its shin on Louis MacNeice’s 1938 … more →

Tags: Ireland, Literature, Northern Ireland, Reading, Poetry

Black with Obols1 comment

shigekuni wrote 1 week ago: Louis MacNeice: Charon The conductor’s hands were black with money: Hold on to your ticket, he said, … more →

Tags: poem-of-the-day

"Bagpipe Music" redux4 comments

sigaliris wrote 3 weeks ago: This is kind of cool. While listening to Live Ireland radio, I heard familiar words set to an unfami … more →

Tags: Arts, Education, Humor, Language, Sigaliris, Barry Louis Polisar, Celtic Music, Poetry, Sean Tyrrell

'In the deep heart's core' - another way in to the early WB Yeats

mvlturner wrote 1 month ago: In the deep heart’s core Mary (Baroness) Warnock has been issuing reports and pronouncing on o … more →

Tags: Reviews of minds and authors, Baroness Mary Warnock, Edith Sitwell, Edward Thomas, Ezra Pound, Harold Monro's The Silent Pool, Jeremy Paxman The English, John Greenleaf Whittier, John Masefield

suddener and more various3 comments

msbaroque wrote 3 months ago: Time for this again; sorry guys! (N.b., this was written yesterday morning and posted this morning w … more →

Tags: Our Crazy World, Martin Amis, macneice, Poem, recession, Talisman, Bank Holiday

The Singed Wings Of 'Icarus'

bazmcstay wrote 7 months ago: Last year I had the privilege of being published in Icarus, Trinity College Dublin’s literary … more →

Tags: Arts, College, Poetry, Ballsbridge, Barry McStay, Brendan Gildea, conor mcpherson, Derek Mahon, Dodder Waters

TRAVELLING LIGHT

Simon Marsh wrote 8 months ago: GOOD MORNING! The time for the traditional spring clean is bursting upon us. Ha! One of my favourite … more →

Tags: media, radio, day of the triffids, "Pure FM 107.8", Annunciation, Assumptions, Cinema, clobber, clutter

STEPHEN SPENDER: CENTENARY CONFERENCE 27 FEBRUARY 2009

ccwe wrote 11 months ago: STEPHEN SPENDER a centenary conference Friday 27 February 2009 organised by the Institute of English … more →

Tags: 3. Conferences, STEPHEN SPENDER: CENTENARY CONFERENCE, Stephen Spender, John Sutherland, Barbara Hardy, Val Cunningham, Peter McDonald, Mark Rawlinson, alan jenkins

A fanfare for the makers in this spot14 comments

acacciatura wrote 11 months ago: One of the first and most generous bloggers to help start this still teetering and uneven site-in-pr … more →

Tags: Poetry, Housekeeping, the guardian, The Blogosphere, visual art & artists, A Fanfare for the Makers, Creativity in the blogosphere, Mirror Neurons

Work, Intellectual and Various

herrdramaturg wrote 1 year ago: Dear Readers, We have yet to locate the said Dr. Stanely R. Richardson. It has been suggested by the … more →

Tags: Inanities, Correspondence, A Seat On The Aisle, Pudenda Studies, W H Auden, Iceland

Sigh...the final harvest3 comments

cindydyer wrote 1 year ago: The temperatures are finally starting to feel more fall-like in Virginia. A few nights ago, we gathe … more →

Tags: gardening, Photography, Poetry, Food, Garden, Virginia, Beans, Vegetables, May Sarton

Snow

stubborntinylights wrote 1 year ago: The room was suddenly rich and the great bay-window was Spawning snow and pink roses against it Soun … more →

Tags: Poetry, Inspiration

Prayer Before Birth

cindythelibrarian wrote 1 year ago: Assistant Director Gerry Vogel remembers this poem from high school. Written by Irish poet Louis Mac … more →

Tags: Books & Language, Library Staff, Poetry, prayer before birth

The Suicide

stubborntinylights wrote 1 year ago: And this, ladies and gentlemen, whom I am not in fact Conducting, was his office all those minutes a … more →

Tags: Poetry, Inspiration, Northern Irish Poetry

The Brandy Glass

oneadamreeve wrote 2 years ago: The Brandy Glass Only let it form within his hands once more - The moment cradled like a brandy glas … more →

Tags: Poem, Brandy Glass

8-30, Thursday

richardisretired wrote 2 years ago: Not Keeping Up Well, I’m not taking the time to keep up here — I will keep up. Job Inter … more →

Tags: looking for work, Poems

9. Palm Skin Productions - The sunlight on the garden2 comments

awildslimalien wrote 2 years ago: / In a silent way,  Mo’ Wax, 1993 While plenty of poetry has been set as Lieder in the classical wor … more →

Tags: Music, Palm Skin Productions

from Autumn Journal

James Munro wrote 2 years ago: September has come, it is hers Whose vitality leaps in the autumn, Whose nature prefers Trees withou … more →

Tags: Poetry

Poem of the Day: Wolves

phantomcity wrote 2 years ago: Wolves I do not want to be reflective any more Envying and despising unreflective things… -Lou … more →

Tags: Poetry, poem-of-the-day, Wolves, write, writer, Poem, Poet, writing, macneice


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