From the collection of Brendan Hackett, with thanks. ]]> This essay is funded by The Foyle Foundation.]]>
From the collection of Brendan Hackett, with thanks.]]>
From the Collection of Brendan Hackett, with thanks. ]]>
From the collection of Brendan Hackett, with thanks. ]]> Contributors: Andrew Elliott, Christine Hammond, John Hughes, Jean Hunter, Martin Mooney, Ward Robinson, Philip Larkin, Peter McDonald, Roy McFadden, Kevin Smith, Damian Smyth, Paul Muldoon, Matthew Sweeney, John Hanratty.
Thanks to Christine Hammond.]]> Poem Seamus Heaney Bachelor Deceased, in memoriam Pat McGuckin, death, man, unmarried man, sow, dog, farm, farmer, yard
Extract story autobiography a north light, John Hewitt Secular Burial, secular, death, David McLean, Frank Nolan, religion, funeral, Northern Ireland, politics, cemetery, belief, life, mortality, farmer, coffin, atheist, community
Poem John Hewitt Hospitality: For E. K., visitor, home, cottage, family, tea,
Poem John Hewitt Elegy for an Enemy, death, evil, hurt, hate, justice, enemy, mourn,
Poem James Simmons Elegy for J. F. Kennedy, USA, America, politics, president, lead, leader, nation, bay of pigs, politician, assassin, John Kennedy, death,
Story J. A. McBryde, Poor John, post, parcel, aunt, cake, birthday, American, Belfast, death,
Poem Michael Stephens, Bill The Burglar’s Last Words, funeral, death, destroy, burglar, robber,
Poem Michael Stephens, Michael The Menace, aunt, family, home, electricity, death, grin
Poem Michael Stephens, Micky Goes to Heaven, Heaven, death, st. peter, grin, god, A-level,
Poem Michael Stephens, Birthday, present, wrap, today
Poem Michael Stephens, Wino, old man, alcohol, drink, booze, laugh, death
Story Stewart Parker, The Recipient, dentist, period, menstrual, pregnant, pregnancy, living in sin, marriage, abortion, body, blood, women, sex, rape, injection, lust, mouth, name, fear, relationships, infidelity
Poem James Greer, My Mother, mother, family, community, child, old age, elderly, youth, memory, nostalgia,
Poem Stanley Cromie, Marriage, relationships, love, wedding, married, abortion, infidelity, sex, body, contraceptive,
Story Derek Montgomery, Nativity, doctor, patient, wife, husband, baby, birth, class, family, mother, father, mid-wife, drink, drunk, relationships
Review, Michael Stephens, New Poetry, Brian Patten, Tom Pickard, Little Johnny Takes A Trip To Another Planet, world, light, planet, scifi, dream, other side
Little Johnny’s Final Letter, Mother, childhood, education, school, adolescence, play,
Three Poems Tony Harrison
Poem, Tony Harrison, The Third Song of the P. W. D. Man, bar, travel, class, girls, london, age, lust, countries, sex, war
Poem, Tony Harrison, Emigre, travel, sea, nothingness, love, courage, alone, loneliness, savannah, medical officer, emigration, countries, Africa,
Poem, Tony Harrison, Schwiegermutterlieder, for Rosemarie, mother in law songs, family, refugee, mother, in-law, daughter, German, Christmas, memory, wedding,
Poem, New Song, The Sporting Races at Galway, sport, race, recreation, Ireland, leisure, crowd, people, community, Irish, drink
Poem, Jonathan Brown, Fishing Story, fish, fishing, child, memory, life
Poem, Brian McAuley, Hymn, heart, particle, body, emotion
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