Winner of the 2024 International Book and Pamphlet Competition for Boy, Mother and can be a deadpan but very thoughtful and observant poet based in Dublin. Here is an extract from one of her recent poems and a link to the rest. Finding Yourself Without Going to an Ashram Think about canary yellow things –Continue reading “Caroline Bracken”
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They’re Late Again – the Taxes
The Deil’s awaugh, the Deil’s awaugh,The Deil’s awaugh wi’ th’ excise man.(Robert Burns 1759-1796) I first heard this tune as we were sitting in a tin can, rattling along in the dark. Robert Burns’ famous song being roared at the tops of their voices by a bunch of overgrown boy scouts. Possibly Runrig fans tooContinue reading “They’re Late Again – the Taxes”
Transition
I wrote my poem The Handover during the pandemic expressing my concerns about the queen, and now it’s happened.
Life Lessons from my German Teacher
Is my family Hamlet or King Lear?
Sapphire Sea 