What happens when a language is declared a sin? When the hand itself is seen as an 'enemy'?
This is the haunting reality at the core of Annemarie Ní Churreáin’s poem, "The Language Ban"

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In @mosababutoha.bsky.social 's poem door on the road, shows a world where every single object has become a threat to the Palestinian people.

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Latest episode is live and is focused on Olga Dermott Bonds's gorgeously haunting work of ekprhasis. It's a poem that peels back the layers of paint and varnish to reveal the story behind Ophelia by John Everett Millais
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Irish poet Maurice Riordan on how poetry has an almost unique ability to control time.

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Irish poet Maurice Riordan on how poetry has an almost unique ability to control time.

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More for my interview with poet Maurice Riordan. Maurice spoke about the way in which the world has changed drastically in his time on the planet.

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The poet Maurice Riordan reads his poem Rural Electrification 1956.

You can hear the rest of my interview with Maurice now, where he takes a walk through his own career spanning nearly four decades.

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The latest episode, an interview with Irish poet Maurice Riordan, is up now

In the interview, spoke about many of the forces that shaped his work; from stopping time to the eerie quality of Irish folklore.

He was a fabulous guest.

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It’s World Poetry Day, so I pulled together a few poems I’ve been sitting with lately. Some are old favourites, some are newer discoveries — all of them made me pause.

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A.K. Ramanujan (1929–1993) was a poet, translator, and scholar who bridged languages and cultures. Writing in English and Kannada, he explored identity, folklore, and the way we think. #Poetry #AKRamanujan

The very first episode of 2025 features the poetry of Louise Gluck. It looks at her poem snowdrops, an elegant study of the tenacity required to begin again, and how sometimes continuation is the best rebirth.

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One day I'll leave No Alibis in Belfast without buying something, but it wasn't today.
This wee book by @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social got a glowing review at the counter