@dwalshgilbert.bsky.social
Irish-American Poet and Teller of Verse-stories. All things Nature
Remembering August weekends with Mary at the Charlestown beaches 💚
August 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Remembering August weekends with Mary at the Charlestown beaches 💚
SAVE THE DATE! Eight weeks will fly by, and we hope to see you there and hear your poetry, too.
July 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
SAVE THE DATE! Eight weeks will fly by, and we hope to see you there and hear your poetry, too.
Thank you to The Poetry Box for bringing this chapbook to real playful joy! thepoetrybox.com/bookstore/no...
July 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Thank you to The Poetry Box for bringing this chapbook to real playful joy! thepoetrybox.com/bookstore/no...
"From the Altar of the Land" completes the trilogy of historical fiction stories-in-verse about strong women. Thanks for taking a peek
July 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"From the Altar of the Land" completes the trilogy of historical fiction stories-in-verse about strong women. Thanks for taking a peek
I'm looking for booksellers who would like to include my books in their inventory. Details and contact info at GraysonBooks.com.
March 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I'm looking for booksellers who would like to include my books in their inventory. Details and contact info at GraysonBooks.com.
Poetry Readings and Art Exhibit at the Hoppin Gallery in Barney Library, Farmington, CT on Saturday, March 15th. Doors open at 12:30 PM. Open Mic. All are welcome.
March 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Poetry Readings and Art Exhibit at the Hoppin Gallery in Barney Library, Farmington, CT on Saturday, March 15th. Doors open at 12:30 PM. Open Mic. All are welcome.
Deep gratitude to Clare Songbirds Publishing House for bringing my chapbook to life on the page. All about animals and their intersection with us humans.
Now available on Amazon or www.claresongbirdspub.com/featured-aut...
Now available on Amazon or www.claresongbirdspub.com/featured-aut...
February 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Deep gratitude to Clare Songbirds Publishing House for bringing my chapbook to life on the page. All about animals and their intersection with us humans.
Now available on Amazon or www.claresongbirdspub.com/featured-aut...
Now available on Amazon or www.claresongbirdspub.com/featured-aut...
February 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
One month! Art Opening and Poetry Readings combined. Open mic, too!
February 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
One month! Art Opening and Poetry Readings combined. Open mic, too!
from "The Beauty of the Place" in the chapbook "Deirdre"
...the Great Blasket Island...
great mountains rising lonely from the sea,
lined with loose stone walls and man's determination.
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...the Great Blasket Island...
great mountains rising lonely from the sea,
lined with loose stone walls and man's determination.
www.amazon.com/Deirdre-D-Wa...
Deirdre
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February 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
from "The Beauty of the Place" in the chapbook "Deirdre"
...the Great Blasket Island...
great mountains rising lonely from the sea,
lined with loose stone walls and man's determination.
www.amazon.com/Deirdre-D-Wa...
...the Great Blasket Island...
great mountains rising lonely from the sea,
lined with loose stone walls and man's determination.
www.amazon.com/Deirdre-D-Wa...
From the poem, "Dreaming," in Misneach: A Story of Kidnap, Enslavement, and Colonialism
Nothing is more intimate
than the togetherness they once shared
amniotic ocean waves
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Nothing is more intimate
than the togetherness they once shared
amniotic ocean waves
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Misneach: A Story of Kidnap, Enslavement & Colonialism by D. Walsh Gil
So begins the story of Aoife McGuire, a midwife in Ireland in 1650, kidnapped by Oliver Cromwell's men, and sent into the New World. The next years of her life trace the harrowing trajectory of many o...
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February 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
From the poem, "Dreaming," in Misneach: A Story of Kidnap, Enslavement, and Colonialism
Nothing is more intimate
than the togetherness they once shared
amniotic ocean waves
graysonbooks.com/products/mis...
Nothing is more intimate
than the togetherness they once shared
amniotic ocean waves
graysonbooks.com/products/mis...
Happy days
February 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Happy days
A writer is a world trapped inside a person.
—Victor Hugo
—Victor Hugo
a close up of a person 's mouth with the words and the writer writes above it
ALT: a close up of a person 's mouth with the words and the writer writes above it
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January 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
A writer is a world trapped inside a person.
—Victor Hugo
—Victor Hugo
From "The Love Song of a Sonnet has a Turn"
We drifted apart, Tuesday’s child, full of grace,
and Saturday’s child who works for its living.
Birth—our first great separation fell
on the night of a waning gibbous moon,
once full, then shadowing toward half.
We were one, and then, we were two.
We drifted apart, Tuesday’s child, full of grace,
and Saturday’s child who works for its living.
Birth—our first great separation fell
on the night of a waning gibbous moon,
once full, then shadowing toward half.
We were one, and then, we were two.
a couple of birds standing next to each other with hearts above them
ALT: a couple of birds standing next to each other with hearts above them
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December 28, 2024 at 2:29 PM
From "The Love Song of a Sonnet has a Turn"
We drifted apart, Tuesday’s child, full of grace,
and Saturday’s child who works for its living.
Birth—our first great separation fell
on the night of a waning gibbous moon,
once full, then shadowing toward half.
We were one, and then, we were two.
We drifted apart, Tuesday’s child, full of grace,
and Saturday’s child who works for its living.
Birth—our first great separation fell
on the night of a waning gibbous moon,
once full, then shadowing toward half.
We were one, and then, we were two.
Huge gratitude to Penstricken for including several of my poems in their issue "One" . One little story about my mother working itself out. penstricken.com/one/
ONE
Issue #1 – Winter 2024:’ONE’ Buy a Paper Copy Reading stories online is great, but everyone knows there’s nothing quite like the smell and feel of a physical book, so if you…
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December 23, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Huge gratitude to Penstricken for including several of my poems in their issue "One" . One little story about my mother working itself out. penstricken.com/one/
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Gather Victoria
ANCESTRAL FOOD. HERBAL WISDOM. MAGICAL COOKERY. SEASONAL CELEBRATION.
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December 21, 2024 at 1:54 PM
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All Open Mic tonight at Riverwood Poetry Series @ Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor Street, Hartford, 7 PM. Up to two poems. Everyone is welcome. Let's brighten up this rainy day!
a cartoon character is singing into a microphone with the logo quan inc.
ALT: a cartoon character is singing into a microphone with the logo quan inc.
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December 11, 2024 at 6:05 PM
All Open Mic tonight at Riverwood Poetry Series @ Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor Street, Hartford, 7 PM. Up to two poems. Everyone is welcome. Let's brighten up this rainy day!