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It goes on one at a time,
it starts when you care to act,
it starts when you do it again after they said no,
it starts when you say we and know who you mean,
and each day you mean one more.

Marge Piercy

Poetry

Easter Rising 1916: Die Taube, by Joseph Plunkett

10 April 2020 / 296

Jenny Farrell presents the third poem written by the poet-leaders of the Irish Easter Rebellion in 1916. It is Joseph Plunkett’s “Die Taube”, written in 1915. Engagement... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Poetry

Easter Rising 1916: The Man Upright, by Thomas MacDonagh

10 April 2020 / 302

Jenny Farrell presents the second of the four poems written by leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising, the first anti-imperialist uprising in Europe. Here is Thomas MacDonagh’s “The... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Poetry

Easter Rising 1916: Mise Éire / I am Ireland by Pádraig Pearse

10 April 2020 / 307

Jenny Farrell introduces a short series of poems and commentary to mark the Easter Rising 1916 Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Ireland will for the first time... Continue reading

Jenny Farrell

Poetry

Guerilla Christ

8 April 2020 / 322

Guerilla Christ, By Alfredo Rostgaard féachann sé isteachi gcroí gach caipitlí –Críost treallchogaí he sees into the heartof every capitalist –guerrilla Christ he seis intae the herto... Continue reading

Gabriel Rosenstock

Poetry

Pietà

8 April 2020 / 337

Pietà After the mural by Maxo Vanka by Fran Lock we have held him too, and wept our reticentalchemy. have worn our aura of knives. haverocked these... Continue reading

Fran Lock

Poetry

‘Prayers to the environment’: Jane Burn on nature, her writing, her life – and her new book

7 April 2020 / 272

Fran Lock interviews Jane Burn, author of Yan, Tan, Tether (Indigo Dreams Press, 2020) Fran: Thank you so much for agreeing to answer these few questions about your latest... Continue reading

Fran Lock

Poetry

Markham Main

3 April 2020 / 300

Markham Main by Sarah Wimbush Afternoons, they meet upon street corners like old youths planning revolution. Gaffers, fathers, brothers –an hour at the Club with a pint.Go... Continue reading

Sarah Wimbush

Poetry

Questions From The Dead

28 March 2020 / 274

Questions from the Dead by K. Satchidanandan Which country’s border was Hiuen Tsang crossing when, on a donkey, he crossed the Himalayan pass with a sack full... Continue reading

K. Satchidanandan

Poetry

A Fearless Gaze of Hope: Quines, by Gerda Stevenson

26 March 2020 / 321

Jim Aitken reviews a book of radical women’s voices: Quines, by Gerda Stevenson. Accompanying illustrations of textiles are by artists from EDGE: Textile Artists Scotland. The second... Continue reading

Jim Aitken

Poetry

In The White Man’s Clinic

25 March 2020 / 303

On the day the Irish government announced they are (for the duration of the crisis) incorporating all private hospitals into the public health system, Kevin Higgins offers... Continue reading

Kevin Higgins