Irish Publishing News blog on the Irish Literature Bursary.
This is just a link to Irish publishing News reportage on the issue
of Irish Arts Council literature bursaries for 2010. The previous two
posts on this blog have looked a bit closer at the savaging by the
Irish Arts Council of two dedicated Writer’s Centres :
The Irish Writers Centre, in Parnell Sq and The Western Writer’s Centre [...]
Posted at 11:41 am on February 9, 2010 | leave a comment | Filed Under: 25 pins in a packet, Dispossession | Tagged: Arts Council, arts policy | read on
A Saturday Woman Poet: Nelly Sachs , ‘ Comes Somebody’.
Comes Somebody
from faraway
with a language
which perhaps locks
the sounds
with the neighing of the mare
or the chirping
of the little blackbird
or even as a screeching saw
that cuts up all that is near-
.
Comes somebody
from faraway
with the movements of a dog
or
perhaps a rat
and it is winter
so clothe him warmly-
it may be
that he has fire under his soles
(maybe he rode on [...]
Posted at 6:16 pm on April 26, 2008 | Comments Off | Filed Under: How Words Play., Images | Tagged: 25 pins in a packet, Alphabets, More Women Writers | read on
