Contents Poetry Ireland Review 123 Eavan Boland 5 editorial Nan Cohen 7 a liking for clocks Eamon McGuinness 8 a gift Afric McGlinchey 9 in an instant of refraction and shadow Mara Bergman 10 the night we were dylan thomas Joseph Horgan 11 art history of emigration Maria Johnston 12 review: michael longley, john montague Harry Clifton 17 thérèse and the jug Simon West 18 on a trip to van diemen’s land Maresa Sheehan 20 our last day Niamh Boyce 21 hans ardently collects patients’ art work Alan Titley 22 maolra seoighe Proinsias Ó Drisceoil 23 review: biddy jenkinson, aifric mac aodha John D Kelly 27 the red glove Eva Bourke 28 small railway stations Catherine Phil MacCarthy 29 legacies of empire Richard W Halperin 30 the beach, malahide Matt Kirkham 31 kurt responds to adele’s call to remove a spider from the bathtub Susan Lindsay 32 when they’ve grown another me Jaki McCarrick 34 review: pete mullineaux, noel duffy, patrick moran Stav Poleg 39 listen, you have to read in a foreign language Noel Monahan 40 two women at a window Stephen Spratt 41 subjectivity AB Jackson 42 the mermayd Cathi Weldon 43 in the key of alzheimer’s John F Deane 44 old bones June Wentland 46 ‘their whiteness bears no relation to laundry ...’ Louis Mulcahy 47 potadóireacht na caolóige Harry Clifton 48 review: michael o’loughlin Matt Bryden 52 the lookout Orla Martin 53 the poets Catullus 54 ‘if you’re lucky you’ll dine well’ John Sewell 55 being alive Tess Adams 56 i hate my stinking therapist Patrick Holloway 57 barrage Eleanor Rees 58 st. james’s at dusk Eavan Boland 59 essay: john ashbery Craig Dobson 65 what’s the use of myth? Francis O’Hare 66 i did wonder Sighle Meehan 68 post exit Martin Malone 69 review: frank ormsby, katie donovan Eamonn Wall 73 an immigrant returns Beverley Bie Brahic 74 the sand dollar inn Gerald Dawe 75 elegy Patrick Moran 76 alma mater Grace Wells 78 review: paul casey, geraldine mitchell, rachael hegarty Eavan Boland 84 featured poet: stephen sexton Stephen Sexton 86 afternoon at the café somewhere 89 segue Darren Morris 90 abundance Siobhán Campbell 91 review: mark roper, louise c callaghan, iggy mcgovern Lani O’Hanlon 96 touched Elizabeth O’Connell-Thompson 97 reverence John Liddy 98 a walk in the park Keith Payne 99 a suburban sunday Stiofán Ó Briain 100 iarlais Mary Gilliland 101 lucky number Maitreyabandhu 102 roger fry at langham place Erin Halliday 103 inglis & co. ltd. Gerard Smyth 104 gerard fanning: an appreciation Colin Graham 106 review: deryn rees-jones, colette bryce Joseph Woods 110 driving to delvin Michelle O’Sullivan 116 blue for a wonder Interview 117 nine questions for michael longley Notes on Contributors 121 .