An Earliest Journey I Can Remember
Was this mine? Half
detective work to remember
bits of childhood but it
must have been for a holiday
somewhere. So,
here’s the colossal car,
here’s my ridgy seatbelt.
They’re in front,
steering grey out to green –
his curls, and her wide hair.
She turns round to me,
asks if I’m alright. I think I am.
Poetry Ireland Review Issue 119:
Poetry Ireland Review Issue 119 includes new poems by 48 poets including Frank Ormsby, John Kinsella, Rachel Coventry, Aifric Mac Aodha, Gerald Dawe, Alice Miller and Claire Potter. Also included are translations by Richard Begbie and Kirsten Lodge, an essay on Bishop, Lowell, Heaney and Grennan by David McLoghlin, and reviews of Paul Muldoon, Paul Durcan, Sarah Clancy, Medbh McGuckian, Kate Tempest, George the Poet, and many more. The issue also features photography by Hugh O'Conor, Dominic Turner, Sheila McSweeney, Fergus Bourke and John Minihan.