Minneapolis 2026 or Belfast 1972?
A Hushed Whisper in Your Nightly Prayers
The 9mm Poet
The poet sat at his desk and started to write. But first, he shot the cat.
A song I discovered on “Trespasses”
I've been watching Channel 4's Trespasses, the series based on the Louise Kennedy novel by the same name.
Good grief! Here comes the sun
The dawn breaks in a neat geo-strata of gold, yellow, and violet haze, swept across the horizon in sustained steady strokes...
Things never end well
A burning bunker, Dongo, Piazza Loreto, Spandau Prison...
Life Sentences
One must concentrate on writing. One must concentrate on THE writing.
Fear and Lothian
There's no bad weather....
American Confetti
I MOVED to Belfast to get away from the bullets and the bombs,
Painful Memories are Long; The Joyful are Fleeting
Recollections of Derry/Londonderry on the Eve of All Hallows Eve / Dhoire oíche roimh Samhain // gathered quickly before they slip away
Don’t fear the funeral singer
I have seen the future of music, and it is a small Irish woman clad in stark white pajamas.
Mas Tortas Para los Trabajadores 