Contents Poetry Ireland Review 128

Eavan Boland 5 editorial Alison Hackett 7 the last two pots of marmalade Colette Bryce 8 hire car Susan Kelly 9 summer of ’99 Andrew Rahal 10 island hopping Jonathan C Creasy 11 generation Siobhán Campbell 12 review: jessica traynor, john kelly, michelle o’sullivan Paul McCarrick 16 promise of a sunny day Eoin Rogers 17 sally gap Colette Nic Aodha 18 being a poet Moya Cannon 19 starry, starry night in the national library Virginia Keane 20 winter evening Rebecca Farmer 21 submarine Fred Johnston 22 review: ruth carr, michael coady, chris agee Liz Quirke 28 words for after Rosie Jackson 29 my father tries to make amends Joanna Klink 30 luminism Eva Isherwood-Wallace 32 epithalamium Ian Maleney 33 essay: a kind of closing cadence Lorraine Mariner 37 les parapluies de cherbourg Grace Smith 38 sestina for red shoes CL O’Dell 40 sun moth Laura Potts 41 swansea son Jaki McCarrick 42 review: jo burns, rachel coventry, rachel mccrum Paddy Bushe 46 amergin’s ship Larry Stapleton 47 carrowmore Joe Carrick-Varty 48 a week and not a word since the argument Regan Good 49 the duddo stones: stone circle in northumberland, england Pádraig Ó Tuama 50 enjoy your pint Matthew Geden 52 review: fred johnston, john liddy, dawn wood, susan lindsay Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe 56 be/cause Deborah Bacharach 57 lot’s wife, waiting Patrick O’Donnell 58 annie Camilla Lambert 59 the sea has many voices Charlie Bondhus 60 family value Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha 62 review: ceaití ní bheildiúin, doireann ní ghríofa Chad Campbell 65 the cold Rachael Hegarty 66 anne byrne 68 michelle o’brien’s statement ... A.M. Cousins 69 dress Anthony Walton 70 pennywhistle Colin Dardis 71 review: matt kirkham, karl parkinson, maurice devitt David Murphy 76 bolivia Dairena Ní Chinnéide 77 an aimsir láithreach 78 sos míostraithe James Ragan 79 the weight of an umbrella Kevin O’Farrell 80 the house husband Philip Gross 81 a modest proposal Richie McCaffery 82 falling Grace Wilentz 83 review: anne tannam, luke morgan, niall bourke Steve Denehan 87 diving Christopher Cusack 88 a penny for two thoughts Berni Dwan 90 i take your violin to freiburg Erin Wilson 91 tracks disappearing over a field Ann Leahy 92 a blackthorn winter Catriona Clutterbuck 93 holy Kate Miller 94 day of reckoning Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith 95 review: cathal ó searcaigh Pippa Little 98 a father is Marcus Mac Conghail 99 athfhoghlaim amhráin 100 gan focal Gary Egan 101 reasons for rejection: alternative prejudice checklist JS Watts 102 low-flying buzzards over the upper field Grace O’Doherty 103 sight / seeing Katie Donovan 104 salad days Martin Dyar 105 review: gail mcconnell, eoghan walls, joe dunthorne Ciaran Carson 110 WILLIAM NICHOLSON, ballroom in an air raid, 1918 112 JEFFREY MORGAN, hare bowl, 2008 Eavan Boland 115 featured poet: caitlin newby Caitlin Newby 116 this place 117 on water Benjamin Keatinge 118 review: michael hofmann, harry clifton Glen Wilson 123 the seed fiddler’s broadcast Sophie Klahr 124 sonnet at a mcdonald’s drive-thru on a 14 hour drive Bernie Crawford 125 missing Iulia David 126 saints Paula Meehan 128 essay: the poet as writing fellow in residence, 1992 Darren Donohue 132 the bell-ringers Eugene Platt 133 musing at the music barn Angela Finn 134 burnout

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