John Hughes
@johnmelhughes.bsky.social
Writing poems since the fierce hot summer of 1976.
Low winter sun in Teelin.
December 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Low winter sun in Teelin.
Grey morning leaving Derry.
December 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Grey morning leaving Derry.
Bungalow bliss.
📷 Martin Parr.
📷 Martin Parr.
December 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Bungalow bliss.
📷 Martin Parr.
📷 Martin Parr.
It's not often I cut out a poem to keep.
December 9, 2025 at 9:38 AM
It's not often I cut out a poem to keep.
Sharagore Wedge Tomb overlooking Lough Swilly.
December 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Sharagore Wedge Tomb overlooking Lough Swilly.
Photograph I took of Dermot Healy and a local farmer in Carrickmacross during the Patrick Kavanagh weekend of November 1985.
December 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Photograph I took of Dermot Healy and a local farmer in Carrickmacross during the Patrick Kavanagh weekend of November 1985.
The dereliction of Lower North Street in Belfast city centre is terrible. This photo was taken on Tuesday afternoon.
December 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The dereliction of Lower North Street in Belfast city centre is terrible. This photo was taken on Tuesday afternoon.
When in Belfast always worth a visit.
December 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
When in Belfast always worth a visit.
What is poetry? Ciaran Carson.
December 3, 2025 at 10:16 PM
What is poetry? Ciaran Carson.
I remember one night in the Eglantine Inn (the Egg) telling Ciaran about a superb American poet C K Williams. A few weeks later I loaned him my copy of 'Tar'. The rest is history.
December 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I remember one night in the Eglantine Inn (the Egg) telling Ciaran about a superb American poet C K Williams. A few weeks later I loaned him my copy of 'Tar'. The rest is history.
About to set off back to Derry in the train from the launch in the Seamus Heaney Centre of Ciaran Carson's selected essays. The book is a wonder.
December 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
About to set off back to Derry in the train from the launch in the Seamus Heaney Centre of Ciaran Carson's selected essays. The book is a wonder.
In one of my youthful Belfast haunts - Lavery's.
December 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
In one of my youthful Belfast haunts - Lavery's.
Summit of Bulbin, Inishowen
December 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Summit of Bulbin, Inishowen
L'homme derrière le fil de fer.
December 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
L'homme derrière le fil de fer.
Strabane railway map.
November 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Strabane railway map.
A lethal dilemma.
November 28, 2025 at 11:04 PM
A lethal dilemma.
From David Runciman review in the LRB on three books about the impending population collapse. Sobering.
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
From David Runciman review in the LRB on three books about the impending population collapse. Sobering.
Here's something I've never seen before - a programme for a poetry reading.
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Here's something I've never seen before - a programme for a poetry reading.
I went down a ten gallon rabbit hole...
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I went down a ten gallon rabbit hole...
Over in Derry at the National Cross Country championships in Templemore. Classic XC conditions - freezing and mucky.
November 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Over in Derry at the National Cross Country championships in Templemore. Classic XC conditions - freezing and mucky.
A sight for sore eyes in Strabane this evening.
November 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
A sight for sore eyes in Strabane this evening.