Ceiliúr

Máirtín Mac Aodha

Ceiliúr na n-éan faoi bhois an chait ag an aimsir:
Beannaíonn an druid don ghrian,
is é lá na báistí lá na longhaire.
Guím go ndéana an t-éan corr seo ceol,
soineann nó doineann.

Page 55, Poetry Ireland Review Issue 134 – Sold out
Issue 134 – Sold out

Poetry Ireland Review Issue 134 – Sold out:

Edited by Colette Bryce

Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, William Keohane, Gabriel Rosenstock, Alvy Carragher, Greta Stoddart, and Ciaran Berry are just some of the poets publishing new work in Poetry Ireland Review 134, edited by Colette Bryce. The issue also contains reviews of 18 recent titles, including the latest from Michael Longley, Martina Evans, Rachel Long, Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal, Matthew Rice, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, and Moya Cannon's Collected Poems.

Tríona Ní Shíocháin contributes an essay, 'Foremothers', a revelatory account of a "hidden history ... of women’s oral poetic traditions", excerpted from A History of Irish Women's Poetry; Ben Keatinge looks at the sonnet – a form defined by Harry Clifton in Trumpet 8 as the 'pocket masterpiece' – from an Irish perspective; and Tom French pays tribute to the late and great Belfast maestro, Ciaran Carson.

'Singles Archive' is the title of the cover image, by Colin Martin, who provides all of the superb artwork for this issue of Poetry Ireland Review.