Contents Poetry Ireland Review 127
Eavan Boland 5 editorial Teri Ellen Cross Davis 6 don’t act like a Janis Woodgate 7 ladybird Daniel Hardisty 8 cedar, sandalwood, cut stems Iain Twiddy 9 the bathroom window Bernadette Ní Riada 10 cuimhinígí orainn Benjamin Keatinge 11 review: micheal o’siadhail Brian Cronwall 15 the dog with one blue eye and one brown eye Ian Harrow 16 appointment Katrina Naomi 17 what arrival feels like Kerry Hardie 18 the inadequacy of letters of condolence Jean O’Brien 19 once i woke Nessa O’Mahony 20 review: damian smyth, theodore deppe, anne haverty Penelope Shuttle 25 osterley park: summertide trees Quinlan Corbett 26 da capo Paul Jeffcutt 27 iron anniversary Ray Malone 28 not to know Susan Wicks 29 after a daughter’s miscarriage Traci Brimhall 30 why i stayed Maria Johnston 31 review: nick laird, ciaran carson Maureen Boyle 36 the nunwell letter Amy Nocton 41 bittersweet lapis Alison Jones 42 eileen Róisín Sheehy 43 oiríon 43 orion Martin Malone 44 review: anna woodford, ailbhe darcy, virginia astley Andrea Potos 49 bracing myself Ben Bransfield 50 october Anita Gracey 51 a social worker, a home-help and a gp walk into a service user’s life Emma Must 52 to the pump house Christine Paice 53 the statue David Hanly 54 voices Francis Hesketh 55 after ‘an irish airman foresees his death’ Máirín Nic Eoin 56 review: CALLING CARDS: TEN YOUNGER IRISH POETS Freddie Trevaskis Hoskin 65 to most of you Eavan Boland 66 featured poet: seán hewitt Seán Hewitt 67 ghost Heather Richardson 69 eastbourne Gillian Somerville-Large 70 a passing John McAuliffe 71 tea Gerald Dawe 72 essay: to stay for ever: remembering richard murphy Kevin Graham 75 elizabeth bishop in ireland Leeanne Quinn 76 coastal Manuela Moser 77 trains Michael Durack 78 birdhill station Campbell McGrath 79 at the giant’s causeway Enda Wyley 80 review: laurence o’dwyer, jane robinson, nicholas mclachlan Michael McKimm 84 how to use the garden Noel King 85 pavement chalk Pádraig J Daly 86 sadhbh at the gaeltacht Sarah O’Neill 87 what now? Seán Delaney 88 sonnet to the city Sighle Meehan 89 a promise made Philip Coleman 90 review: aidan mathews, mark ford, harry gilonis Tim Nolan 95 two windows David Butler 96 dublin Cian Murphy 98 it’s ... Andrea Ward 99 innocenti Margaret Nohilly 100 la sieste Seán Hewitt 101 review: ciaran berry, david wheatley Pat Boran 104 the old year Vona Groarke 105 the way memory operates Tony Curtis 106 longley’s work Bernadette McCarthy 107 kilmichael christmas Julie Morrissy 108 review: elin o’hara slavick, noelle kocot, anamaría crowe serrano, ross hattaway, liz mcskeane Michael Coady 112 the big river Harry Clifton 114 anabasis Garrett Igoe 116 what shall i say about my father? Matthew Brennan 117 my father’s coat Scott McKendry 118 review: adrian rice, jean bleakney Linda McKenna 121 anchor and anchor Tessa Strickland 122 lights out Eight Poets 123 questionnaire: according to kavanagh Deirdre Hines 130 my essay on war for miss. doherty. Deirdre Brennan 132 the last dance Dawn Gorman 133 st edmunds, late august Adrian Buckner 134 not quite for us
Notes on Contributors 135