Contents Poetry Review 133

Colette Bryce 5 editorial 7 under a tree, parked 8 daily news round-up 9 for now Ella Duffy 10 rumour Edward Larrissy 11 london, june 2016 Majella Kelly 13 the secret wife of jesus 15 fig Mícheál McCann 16 immanence 17 big city types Kimberly Reyes 18 stain in creases Kerry Hardie 20 insomnia in talbot street Damian Smyth 21 keats’s bed Tamara Barnett-Herrin 22 soft play 24 hi! is this for me? Thomas McCarthy 25 a meadow in july Bernard O’Donoghue 26 l’aiuola 27 the impulsator Siobhán Campbell 28 the outhouse Tim MacGabhann 29 morelia ghosts Grace Wilentz 32 essay: towards a first collection Katie Donovan 34 review: matthew sweeney, michael gorman, geraldine mills Hugh Haughton 38 essay: Frank Farrelly 45 essay: towards a first collection Niamh NicGhabhann 47 review: pádraig j daly, eamon grennan, kerry hardie, julie o’callaghan Stephen Sexton 52 essay: towards a first collection Declan Ryan 54 review: alan gillis, Proinsias Ó Drisceoil 58 review: seán ó ríordáin / , fearghas macfhionnlaigh / simon ó faoláin Seosamh Ó Murchú 61 cogar caillí Bríd Ní Mhóráin 62 ialus Áine Ní Ghlinn 63 droim mo mháthar Ceaití Ní Bheildiúin 64 saolú mhongáin Simon Ó Faoláin 65 as an corrmhíol Máirtín Coilféir 66 ping Seán Lysaght 67 review: cathal ó searcaigh Maria Stepanova 70 from the body returns 74 gravel 75 mould 76 lumps David McLoghlin 77 independent commission for the location of victims’ silence Emily Middleton 78 misloaded Bryony Littlefair 80 typo Dane Holt 81 the sky a toothache shade of white 82 winter solstice 83 ashes Kris Johnson 84 the doe Jane Draycott 86 the kingdom 87 our town and the falcon Jess Thayil 88 the weight Aoife Riach 89 meet me in the charity shop John McAuliffe 90 souterrain Audrey Molloy 92 essay: towards a first collection Philip Coleman 94 review: , sinéad morrissey Nidhi Zak/Aria Eipe 99 essay: towards a first collection Grace Wilentz 101 review: joe carrick-varty, audrey molloy, breda spaight, mícheál mccann, mark ward, eva griffin Seán Hewitt, Liz Quirke, 107 in conversation: the queer body Mark Ward, Sasha de Buyl Nessa O’Mahony 116 review: peggy o’brien, greg delanty, rowan ricardo phillips Victoria Kennefick 121 essay: towards a first collection

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