MaryEss
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I like plants and invertebrates. Mammals are tolerable.
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This is called ‘Twenty Modern-Day Proverbs’.
December 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
This is called ‘Twenty Modern-Day Proverbs’.
I had the opportunity to see an exhibition of several works by Britta Marakatta-Labba this summer in Stockholm, her work is really impressive
Textile artist Britta Marakatt-Labba's embroidery of Sami culture, Indigenous Finno-Ugric people inhabiting the Arctic #womensart
November 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I had the opportunity to see an exhibition of several works by Britta Marakatta-Labba this summer in Stockholm, her work is really impressive
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Opinion | The Real Horrors of America
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October 31, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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People of Dublin: I’m looking forward to reading poems in your fair city on 18th Oct. Please note that this show was originally advertised – in error – as beginning at 9pm. It actually starts at 8pm, which is far more civilised.
I’ve made a note not to read all of the same poems I read last year.
I’ve made a note not to read all of the same poems I read last year.
Events
Here’s a page dedicated to forthcoming events where I’ll be out and about, reading poems, signing books and generally inflicting myself on an unsuspecting or unreceptive public: Festiva…
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September 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
People of Dublin: I’m looking forward to reading poems in your fair city on 18th Oct. Please note that this show was originally advertised – in error – as beginning at 9pm. It actually starts at 8pm, which is far more civilised.
I’ve made a note not to read all of the same poems I read last year.
I’ve made a note not to read all of the same poems I read last year.
With the news from Australia today, it seems unfortunate that "Wild mushroom soup" is on offer at the campus restaurant.
September 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
With the news from Australia today, it seems unfortunate that "Wild mushroom soup" is on offer at the campus restaurant.
TUNES FROM A MISSPENT YOUTH: www.whelanslive.com/event/tunes-...
TUNES FROM A MISSPENT YOUTH - Whelan's
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August 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
TUNES FROM A MISSPENT YOUTH: www.whelanslive.com/event/tunes-...
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Opinion | José Andrés: People of Good Conscience Must Stop the Starvation in Gaza
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July 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Let them catch up with me, sez I!
July 18, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Let them catch up with me, sez I!
I had a chance to see this exhibition in köln this week, really great: www.museum-ludwig.de/en/home/exhi...
Francis Alÿs – Kids Take Over
The Museum Ludwig presents Francis Alÿs – Kids Take Over, a remarkable exhibition in which children are the focus. Thirty video works from Alÿs’s ongoing series Children’s Games, showing children from...
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June 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I had a chance to see this exhibition in köln this week, really great: www.museum-ludwig.de/en/home/exhi...
Happy Valentine's day!
If you’re struggling to write a poem for a loved one for Valentine’s Day, take heart: even the great poets had to start somewhere.
February 14, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Happy Valentine's day!
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I’d just like to take a moment to acknowledge the best tik tok video of all time youtu.be/7ZWaWrvJ7nA?...
Star Trek: Tik Tok
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January 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I’d just like to take a moment to acknowledge the best tik tok video of all time youtu.be/7ZWaWrvJ7nA?...
Happy new year! Already 1.5 h in.
Time to get busy !!
Zzzzz
Time to get busy !!
Zzzzz
January 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Happy new year! Already 1.5 h in.
Time to get busy !!
Zzzzz
Time to get busy !!
Zzzzz
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3 alternatives to new years resolutions for seeding and steering change in your life/world/organization/community/family, a 🧵
December 27, 2024 at 9:37 PM
3 alternatives to new years resolutions for seeding and steering change in your life/world/organization/community/family, a 🧵
A new twist on the old email message - I hope this email finds you. . . . before I do!
December 19, 2024 at 3:22 PM
A new twist on the old email message - I hope this email finds you. . . . before I do!
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Today’s poem is called ‘Meeting Deadlines’.
December 3, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Today’s poem is called ‘Meeting Deadlines’.
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Today’s poem is called ‘Please Bear in Mind’.
November 17, 2024 at 8:45 AM
Today’s poem is called ‘Please Bear in Mind’.
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This cartoon is spot on.
November 15, 2024 at 1:34 PM
This cartoon is spot on.
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Not only is it Friday, it’s also World Pasta Day - so here’s an old poem to celebrate.
October 25, 2024 at 1:56 PM
Not only is it Friday, it’s also World Pasta Day - so here’s an old poem to celebrate.
All the leaves aren't gone yet!
Fall
how I love to catch
the falling leaves
in autumn
I
sit
and
wait
beneath
the
trees
until
I’ve
cautumn
how I love to catch
the falling leaves
in autumn
I
sit
and
wait
beneath
the
trees
until
I’ve
cautumn
October 18, 2024 at 11:11 PM
All the leaves aren't gone yet!
Sage advice from Dublin’s South William street
September 22, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Sage advice from Dublin’s South William street
Have a nice day! Artwork from the local creche
August 31, 2024 at 10:45 AM
Have a nice day! Artwork from the local creche
Did not win the Euromillions lottery YET AGAIN. Mildly annoyed.
August 23, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Did not win the Euromillions lottery YET AGAIN. Mildly annoyed.