Genetics by Sinéad Morrissey: A poem for #readingirelandmonth20
Everything is Going to Be Alright by Derek Mahon: A poem for #readingirelandmonth20
Pillar Talk by Colette Bryce: A poem for #readingirelandmonth20
Wife Who Smashed Television Gets Jail by Paul Durcan: A poem for #readingirelandmonth20
‘A Call’ by Seamus Heaney for World Poetry Day #readingirelandmonth20
January Miscellany!
Ciaran Carson, 1948 – 2019
Last Sunday, the inimitable poet and musician Ciaran Carson died after an illness. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, into an Irish-speaking family, poet Ciaran Carson attended Queen’s University, Belfast. He held the position of traditional arts officer of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland from 1975 to 1998 and was appointed director of the Seamus…
A poem for National Poetry Day
No 552 The World’s Wife by Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy’s classic poetry collection The World’s Wife – is a deft, funny and often moving exploration of the women behind the scenes, playing the supporting role and hidden from history. The saying goes that ‘behind every great man there is a great woman’, and while that may or may not be true, Carol…
