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"There is no First or Last
Only equality
And who would rule
Joins the majority."
Mina Loy was born on this day in 1882.
Here, Suzanne Wise performs Loy's poem "There is no Life or Death."
Only equality
And who would rule
Joins the majority."
Mina Loy was born on this day in 1882.
Here, Suzanne Wise performs Loy's poem "There is no Life or Death."
December 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"There is no First or Last
Only equality
And who would rule
Joins the majority."
Mina Loy was born on this day in 1882.
Here, Suzanne Wise performs Loy's poem "There is no Life or Death."
Only equality
And who would rule
Joins the majority."
Mina Loy was born on this day in 1882.
Here, Suzanne Wise performs Loy's poem "There is no Life or Death."
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"It’s dark in here,
your halo looks flat as a plate.
Maybe we’re still there. Was that lightning?
"
Jean Valentine passed away five years ago on this day. Here, Leslie Sainz performs Valentine's poem "Archangel."
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/archangel
your halo looks flat as a plate.
Maybe we’re still there. Was that lightning?
"
Jean Valentine passed away five years ago on this day. Here, Leslie Sainz performs Valentine's poem "Archangel."
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/archangel
Leslie Sainz reads "Archangel" by Jean Valentine
It’s dark in here, your halo looks flat as a plate.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org
December 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"It’s dark in here,
your halo looks flat as a plate.
Maybe we’re still there. Was that lightning?
"
Jean Valentine passed away five years ago on this day. Here, Leslie Sainz performs Valentine's poem "Archangel."
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/archangel
your halo looks flat as a plate.
Maybe we’re still there. Was that lightning?
"
Jean Valentine passed away five years ago on this day. Here, Leslie Sainz performs Valentine's poem "Archangel."
https://www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/archangel
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"I have a feeling that my boat
has struck, down there in the depths,
against a great thing."
Juan Ramón Jiménez was born on this day in 1881. Here, Marie Howe reads his poem "Oceans."
has struck, down there in the depths,
against a great thing."
Juan Ramón Jiménez was born on this day in 1881. Here, Marie Howe reads his poem "Oceans."
December 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"I have a feeling that my boat
has struck, down there in the depths,
against a great thing."
Juan Ramón Jiménez was born on this day in 1881. Here, Marie Howe reads his poem "Oceans."
has struck, down there in the depths,
against a great thing."
Juan Ramón Jiménez was born on this day in 1881. Here, Marie Howe reads his poem "Oceans."
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Cuirim mo dhóchas ar snámh
//
I place my hope on the water
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh performs Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill's poem "Ceist na Teangan (The Language Issue)" in a new film that premiered last month at @dinglelit.bsky.social.
//
I place my hope on the water
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh performs Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill's poem "Ceist na Teangan (The Language Issue)" in a new film that premiered last month at @dinglelit.bsky.social.
December 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Cuirim mo dhóchas ar snámh
//
I place my hope on the water
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh performs Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill's poem "Ceist na Teangan (The Language Issue)" in a new film that premiered last month at @dinglelit.bsky.social.
//
I place my hope on the water
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh performs Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill's poem "Ceist na Teangan (The Language Issue)" in a new film that premiered last month at @dinglelit.bsky.social.
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"We need no runners here. Booze is law
and all the Indians drink in the best tavern.
Money is free if you're poor enough."
James Welch was born on this day in 1940.
Here, M. L. Smoker reads his poem "Harlem, Montana: Just Off the Reservation."
and all the Indians drink in the best tavern.
Money is free if you're poor enough."
James Welch was born on this day in 1940.
Here, M. L. Smoker reads his poem "Harlem, Montana: Just Off the Reservation."
M. L. Smoker reads "Harlem, Montana: Just Off the Reservation" by James Welch
We need no runners here. Booze is law
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November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"We need no runners here. Booze is law
and all the Indians drink in the best tavern.
Money is free if you're poor enough."
James Welch was born on this day in 1940.
Here, M. L. Smoker reads his poem "Harlem, Montana: Just Off the Reservation."
and all the Indians drink in the best tavern.
Money is free if you're poor enough."
James Welch was born on this day in 1940.
Here, M. L. Smoker reads his poem "Harlem, Montana: Just Off the Reservation."
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"We are alone
because the dead are alone."
James Byrne performs Michael Hartnett's poem "For Edward Hartnett" in a film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
because the dead are alone."
James Byrne performs Michael Hartnett's poem "For Edward Hartnett" in a film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
October 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"We are alone
because the dead are alone."
James Byrne performs Michael Hartnett's poem "For Edward Hartnett" in a film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
because the dead are alone."
James Byrne performs Michael Hartnett's poem "For Edward Hartnett" in a film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
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"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main."
Obioma Ugoala performs John Donne's "No man is an island" from Meditation XVII in a film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
Obioma Ugoala performs John Donne's "No man is an island" from Meditation XVII in a film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
October 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main."
Obioma Ugoala performs John Donne's "No man is an island" from Meditation XVII in a film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
Obioma Ugoala performs John Donne's "No man is an island" from Meditation XVII in a film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
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"But nothing whatever is by love debarred,
The common and banal her heat can know."
Patrick Kavanagh was born #OnThisDay in 1904. Here, Aaron Monaghan performs his poem "The Hospital."
The common and banal her heat can know."
Patrick Kavanagh was born #OnThisDay in 1904. Here, Aaron Monaghan performs his poem "The Hospital."
October 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"But nothing whatever is by love debarred,
The common and banal her heat can know."
Patrick Kavanagh was born #OnThisDay in 1904. Here, Aaron Monaghan performs his poem "The Hospital."
The common and banal her heat can know."
Patrick Kavanagh was born #OnThisDay in 1904. Here, Aaron Monaghan performs his poem "The Hospital."
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"That night, the young doctor
with the black moustache
too close to me at 2 a.m.,
his breath in my ear, whispering –
Something has to be done about the Irish."
Martina Evans performs her poem "Clinical Indications" in our latest poem film with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
with the black moustache
too close to me at 2 a.m.,
his breath in my ear, whispering –
Something has to be done about the Irish."
Martina Evans performs her poem "Clinical Indications" in our latest poem film with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
October 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
"That night, the young doctor
with the black moustache
too close to me at 2 a.m.,
his breath in my ear, whispering –
Something has to be done about the Irish."
Martina Evans performs her poem "Clinical Indications" in our latest poem film with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
with the black moustache
too close to me at 2 a.m.,
his breath in my ear, whispering –
Something has to be done about the Irish."
Martina Evans performs her poem "Clinical Indications" in our latest poem film with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
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"It is October, I have returned the jellyfish to the sea.
You’ve been given another chance said the doctor (strange term for anyone
on the brink of divorce)."
James Byrne performs his poem "The Overmind" in a new film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
You’ve been given another chance said the doctor (strange term for anyone
on the brink of divorce)."
James Byrne performs his poem "The Overmind" in a new film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
James Byrne reads "The Overmind"
I was wearing a jellyfish over my head. I could barely see at all—
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October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
"It is October, I have returned the jellyfish to the sea.
You’ve been given another chance said the doctor (strange term for anyone
on the brink of divorce)."
James Byrne performs his poem "The Overmind" in a new film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
You’ve been given another chance said the doctor (strange term for anyone
on the brink of divorce)."
James Byrne performs his poem "The Overmind" in a new film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
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The love of wicked men converts to fear,
That fear to hate
That fear to hate
September 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The love of wicked men converts to fear,
That fear to hate
That fear to hate
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"Every old man I see
In October-coloured weather
Seems to say to me
'I was once your father.'"
Declan O'Connor performs Patrick Kavanagh's "Memory of My Father" in our latest film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
In October-coloured weather
Seems to say to me
'I was once your father.'"
Declan O'Connor performs Patrick Kavanagh's "Memory of My Father" in our latest film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
October 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"Every old man I see
In October-coloured weather
Seems to say to me
'I was once your father.'"
Declan O'Connor performs Patrick Kavanagh's "Memory of My Father" in our latest film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
In October-coloured weather
Seems to say to me
'I was once your father.'"
Declan O'Connor performs Patrick Kavanagh's "Memory of My Father" in our latest film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
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"Tonight, holding a stranger in my arms—
Suddenly a downpour, a late
Summer storm."
Larry Levis was born #OnThisDay in 1946. Here, @aanaxagorou.bsky.social reads Levis's poem "After the Blue Note Closes."
Suddenly a downpour, a late
Summer storm."
Larry Levis was born #OnThisDay in 1946. Here, @aanaxagorou.bsky.social reads Levis's poem "After the Blue Note Closes."
Anthony Anaxagorou reads "After the Blue Note Closes" by Larry Levis
Tonight, holding a stranger in my arms—
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org
September 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"Tonight, holding a stranger in my arms—
Suddenly a downpour, a late
Summer storm."
Larry Levis was born #OnThisDay in 1946. Here, @aanaxagorou.bsky.social reads Levis's poem "After the Blue Note Closes."
Suddenly a downpour, a late
Summer storm."
Larry Levis was born #OnThisDay in 1946. Here, @aanaxagorou.bsky.social reads Levis's poem "After the Blue Note Closes."
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"I do not find
The Hanged Man. Fear death by water."
T. S. Eliot was born #OnThisDay in 1888. Watch Giannina Braschi perform an excerpt of Eliot's "The Waste Land" in this poem film directed by Williams Cole.
The Hanged Man. Fear death by water."
T. S. Eliot was born #OnThisDay in 1888. Watch Giannina Braschi perform an excerpt of Eliot's "The Waste Land" in this poem film directed by Williams Cole.
September 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
"I do not find
The Hanged Man. Fear death by water."
T. S. Eliot was born #OnThisDay in 1888. Watch Giannina Braschi perform an excerpt of Eliot's "The Waste Land" in this poem film directed by Williams Cole.
The Hanged Man. Fear death by water."
T. S. Eliot was born #OnThisDay in 1888. Watch Giannina Braschi perform an excerpt of Eliot's "The Waste Land" in this poem film directed by Williams Cole.
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I want Ireland to know
whose son I am / And that I am
also its son
Happy birthday to @akasomeguy.bsky.social! Here, Shane McCrae performs his poem "Loving Ireland" in a film created with the Irish Arts Center.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/loving...
whose son I am / And that I am
also its son
Happy birthday to @akasomeguy.bsky.social! Here, Shane McCrae performs his poem "Loving Ireland" in a film created with the Irish Arts Center.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/loving...
Shane McCrae reads "Loving Ireland"
Loving my father I love Ireland
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org
September 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I want Ireland to know
whose son I am / And that I am
also its son
Happy birthday to @akasomeguy.bsky.social! Here, Shane McCrae performs his poem "Loving Ireland" in a film created with the Irish Arts Center.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/loving...
whose son I am / And that I am
also its son
Happy birthday to @akasomeguy.bsky.social! Here, Shane McCrae performs his poem "Loving Ireland" in a film created with the Irish Arts Center.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/loving...
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This is the island.
It is small and vulnerable,
it is a woman, calling.
Happy birthday to Tiphanie Yanique!
Watch Selina Nwulu perform Yanique's poem "Dangerous Things."
It is small and vulnerable,
it is a woman, calling.
Happy birthday to Tiphanie Yanique!
Watch Selina Nwulu perform Yanique's poem "Dangerous Things."
September 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This is the island.
It is small and vulnerable,
it is a woman, calling.
Happy birthday to Tiphanie Yanique!
Watch Selina Nwulu perform Yanique's poem "Dangerous Things."
It is small and vulnerable,
it is a woman, calling.
Happy birthday to Tiphanie Yanique!
Watch Selina Nwulu perform Yanique's poem "Dangerous Things."
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"Swans lightly pass
Oh the aching nature of September evenings
The colours of the daytime blend"
Peter Doolan performs his poem "Scrambling the Number Stations" in a new film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
Oh the aching nature of September evenings
The colours of the daytime blend"
Peter Doolan performs his poem "Scrambling the Number Stations" in a new film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
Peter Doolan reads "Scrambling the Number Stations"
I like to look at the birds
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September 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"Swans lightly pass
Oh the aching nature of September evenings
The colours of the daytime blend"
Peter Doolan performs his poem "Scrambling the Number Stations" in a new film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
Oh the aching nature of September evenings
The colours of the daytime blend"
Peter Doolan performs his poem "Scrambling the Number Stations" in a new film created with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
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"I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother."
Obioma Ugoala performs Langston Hughes' poem "I, Too" in the second film in our new series with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
I am the darker brother."
Obioma Ugoala performs Langston Hughes' poem "I, Too" in the second film in our new series with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
September 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother."
Obioma Ugoala performs Langston Hughes' poem "I, Too" in the second film in our new series with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
I am the darker brother."
Obioma Ugoala performs Langston Hughes' poem "I, Too" in the second film in our new series with @irishculturalcentr.bsky.social.
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"Sunlight threading gold
along the seas rippling
swells all around them
till the sea became the colour of smoke
and the sky lead."
Roger Robinson performs his poem "The City Kids See the Sea."
along the seas rippling
swells all around them
till the sea became the colour of smoke
and the sky lead."
Roger Robinson performs his poem "The City Kids See the Sea."
August 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"Sunlight threading gold
along the seas rippling
swells all around them
till the sea became the colour of smoke
and the sky lead."
Roger Robinson performs his poem "The City Kids See the Sea."
along the seas rippling
swells all around them
till the sea became the colour of smoke
and the sky lead."
Roger Robinson performs his poem "The City Kids See the Sea."
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"I walked the roads. I slept in ditches. I fell in love
with a mountain tarn. Its black eye mirrored the stars."
Éanna Hardwicke performs Paula Meehan's "The Island, a Prospect" in a film made with @bloomsdayfilmfest.bsky.social.
www.brinkerhoffpoetr...
with a mountain tarn. Its black eye mirrored the stars."
Éanna Hardwicke performs Paula Meehan's "The Island, a Prospect" in a film made with @bloomsdayfilmfest.bsky.social.
www.brinkerhoffpoetr...
Éanna Hardwicke reads "The Island, a Prospect" by Paula Meehan
We learned that Ireland was a temperate island
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July 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"I walked the roads. I slept in ditches. I fell in love
with a mountain tarn. Its black eye mirrored the stars."
Éanna Hardwicke performs Paula Meehan's "The Island, a Prospect" in a film made with @bloomsdayfilmfest.bsky.social.
www.brinkerhoffpoetr...
with a mountain tarn. Its black eye mirrored the stars."
Éanna Hardwicke performs Paula Meehan's "The Island, a Prospect" in a film made with @bloomsdayfilmfest.bsky.social.
www.brinkerhoffpoetr...
Hives of activity 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝
July 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Hives of activity 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝
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"Consider rivers.
They are always en route to
Their own nothingness. From the first moment
They are going home."
Olwen Fouéré reads an excerpt from Eavan Boland's "Anna Liffey" in a film created with @bloomsdayfilmfest.bsky.social for this year's festival.
www.brinkerhoffpoetr...
They are always en route to
Their own nothingness. From the first moment
They are going home."
Olwen Fouéré reads an excerpt from Eavan Boland's "Anna Liffey" in a film created with @bloomsdayfilmfest.bsky.social for this year's festival.
www.brinkerhoffpoetr...
Olwen Fouéré reads from "Anna Liffey" by Eavan Boland
In the end It will not matter
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org
July 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"Consider rivers.
They are always en route to
Their own nothingness. From the first moment
They are going home."
Olwen Fouéré reads an excerpt from Eavan Boland's "Anna Liffey" in a film created with @bloomsdayfilmfest.bsky.social for this year's festival.
www.brinkerhoffpoetr...
They are always en route to
Their own nothingness. From the first moment
They are going home."
Olwen Fouéré reads an excerpt from Eavan Boland's "Anna Liffey" in a film created with @bloomsdayfilmfest.bsky.social for this year's festival.
www.brinkerhoffpoetr...
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"The language of cranes
we once were told
is the wind."
Linda Hogan was born #OnThisDay in 1974. Watch as @cmariefuhrman.bsky.social performs Hogan's poem "The Sandhills" in a film made with @tippetrise.bsky.social.
www.brinkerhoffpoetr...
we once were told
is the wind."
Linda Hogan was born #OnThisDay in 1974. Watch as @cmariefuhrman.bsky.social performs Hogan's poem "The Sandhills" in a film made with @tippetrise.bsky.social.
www.brinkerhoffpoetr...
CMarie Fuhrman reads "The Sandhills" by Linda Hogan
The language of cranes we once were told is the wind.
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org
July 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"The language of cranes
we once were told
is the wind."
Linda Hogan was born #OnThisDay in 1974. Watch as @cmariefuhrman.bsky.social performs Hogan's poem "The Sandhills" in a film made with @tippetrise.bsky.social.
www.brinkerhoffpoetr...
we once were told
is the wind."
Linda Hogan was born #OnThisDay in 1974. Watch as @cmariefuhrman.bsky.social performs Hogan's poem "The Sandhills" in a film made with @tippetrise.bsky.social.
www.brinkerhoffpoetr...
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"Was I right, was I wrong, will I be forgiven,
can I do better?"
Caitríona Ennis reads Mary Oliver's "I Worried" in a 2024 film created with @bloomsdayfilmfest.bsky.social.
See new films from this year's collaborative series with BFF starting next week!
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/i-worr...
can I do better?"
Caitríona Ennis reads Mary Oliver's "I Worried" in a 2024 film created with @bloomsdayfilmfest.bsky.social.
See new films from this year's collaborative series with BFF starting next week!
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/i-worr...
Caitríona Ennis reads "I Worried" by Mary Oliver
I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the rivers
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June 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"Was I right, was I wrong, will I be forgiven,
can I do better?"
Caitríona Ennis reads Mary Oliver's "I Worried" in a 2024 film created with @bloomsdayfilmfest.bsky.social.
See new films from this year's collaborative series with BFF starting next week!
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/i-worr...
can I do better?"
Caitríona Ennis reads Mary Oliver's "I Worried" in a 2024 film created with @bloomsdayfilmfest.bsky.social.
See new films from this year's collaborative series with BFF starting next week!
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org/poems/i-worr...
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"Sleep now, O sleep now,
O you unquiet heart!
A voice crying "Sleep now"
Is heard in my heart."
Olwen Fouéré performs an excerpt from James Joyce's "Chamber Music" in this #Bloomsday poem film offering produced with @bloomsdayfilmfest.bsky.social.
www.brinkerhoffpoetr...
O you unquiet heart!
A voice crying "Sleep now"
Is heard in my heart."
Olwen Fouéré performs an excerpt from James Joyce's "Chamber Music" in this #Bloomsday poem film offering produced with @bloomsdayfilmfest.bsky.social.
www.brinkerhoffpoetr...
Olwen Fouéré reads "Chamber Music XXXIV" by James Joyce
Sleep now, O sleep now,
www.brinkerhoffpoetry.org
June 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"Sleep now, O sleep now,
O you unquiet heart!
A voice crying "Sleep now"
Is heard in my heart."
Olwen Fouéré performs an excerpt from James Joyce's "Chamber Music" in this #Bloomsday poem film offering produced with @bloomsdayfilmfest.bsky.social.
www.brinkerhoffpoetr...
O you unquiet heart!
A voice crying "Sleep now"
Is heard in my heart."
Olwen Fouéré performs an excerpt from James Joyce's "Chamber Music" in this #Bloomsday poem film offering produced with @bloomsdayfilmfest.bsky.social.
www.brinkerhoffpoetr...