Good Friday?
Grant me sleep
Even in this raw shaking spring -
And a new bird in a tree. Fill me
Even in this raw shaking spring -
And a new bird in a tree. Fill me
With your
Good news,
Or mould me
In your red
Breast.
Spend a million years
In the hunger of my hands,
When every tree waved
And every shadow grew.
Passion was
A profane clause to unite the lonely
Blood that spilled into me.
From the intrique
Of flesh and lust.
And lies of lust.
And love and
Lies of love.
Where I've waited to be chosen,
I'm being fashioned for whoredom,
Born in the breast
And I beg
To feel
The beauty that you see
In the rustle of the brown
Green tree.
Good news,
Or mould me
In your red
Breast.
Spend a million years
In the hunger of my hands,
When every tree waved
And every shadow grew.
Passion was
A profane clause to unite the lonely
Blood that spilled into me.
From the intrique
Of flesh and lust.
And lies of lust.
And love and
Lies of love.
Where I've waited to be chosen,
I'm being fashioned for whoredom,
Born in the breast
And I beg
To feel
The beauty that you see
In the rustle of the brown
Green tree.
~
I bumped into James Kelly on Grafton street and secured a copy of his new chapbook. I have just invested in an audio recorder, with the intention of capturing live poetry events, and so recorded him reading his poem: Good Friday?
On Monday I will be at Ó Bhéal's Second Anniversary in Cork to record:
...the celebration of 100 nights of poetry with the launches of How the Light Gets in … and Five Words - Volume II.
How the Light Gets in … is the fourth in a series of Irish & Canadian anthologies of poetry edited by poet John Ennis. The volume is dedicated solely to Canadian verse and is illuminated by the works of established artists as well as by new talent from both sides of the Atlantic. This launch will feature a number of poems in the anthology, read by poets John Ennis, Tom McCarthy, Patrick Cotter, Billy Ramsell, Leanne O’Sullivan and Paul Casey.
With the occasion of Ó Bhéal’s second Anniversary comes the launch of Five Words - Volume II, the second collection of poems selected from poetry challenges, held before our weekly guests and open-mic sessions during the last year. Poets published in this volume who are present on the evening will read from their entries.
Readings will last between 30-45 minutes after which there will be the usual open-mic session. The night begins with a Poetry Challenge starting around 9.00pm. Guest poets begin between 9.30pm and 10.00pm.
Venue: the Hayloft, upstairs at The Long Valley, Winthrop St, Cork
Time: 9.00 pm
Admission: Free
T:
085 712 6299
E: info@obheal.ie
www.obheal.ie/blog/
2 comments:
thanks for that godot you put on szirtes' blog - really enjoyed it - gwilym
Thanks very much Gwilym.
The two actors certainly bring it to life.
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