Inner Writing
A Different Way of Listening
On holiday in Donegal we visited a Heritage Centre which stocked a large selection of Irish poetry in English and Irish. I was particularly struck…
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Pack of Tissues
Generally the convention is we should not make eye contact or speak to other passengers on a train or bus. At least this is…
Wilderness Within
A Columbian aircraft crashed in the Amazon jungle in June 2023. Many were killed but there was a group of children on board who…
Fugue
There is a sadnessfound in a cavity between the soft bodyand the smudged edges of the soul.Some believe it ought not be there,that it…
Silver and Gold around Lough Craghy
It was in the middle of our conversation when Hugh said he was 32 years old. Although he was at least six feet tall…
The Donegal Tigers
Some months ago Joel Harland was telling me about the small section of the HS2 project he was responsible for building. He was telling…
The Garden of Love
This poem has been with me since my early 20s. It was first shown to me by David, an older man who was a…
The Cherry Seller
A short holiday to Santorini was the opportunity to find space for this story. On a visit to a local monastery we were touched…
