We Must Begin with the Land
Review: We Must Begin with the Land: Seeking Abundance and Liberation through Social Ecology by…
Author Ciarán O’Rourke
Ciarán O’Rourke
Bio: Ciarán O’Rourke is a poet from Dublin. His second collection, Phantom Gang, was longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize in 2023. His third collection is forthcoming from The Irish Pages Press.
Poem: ‘A Chapter in the War’
A Chapter in the WarAppian, 95-165 CEUnder orders from Octavian, the hardened captains – Pansa,…
Review: Trump Rant by Chris Agee
“Trump Inhabits Trumpistan”, writes Chris Agee in his rampaging poetic satire, Trump Rant: “Trump Is…
Poem: ‘The Vagabond’
The Vagabond J.M. Synge, 1871-1909 To comprehend, regard the brutal wilderness to hand. More than…
Poem: Fragments of a Litany
Fragments of a Litany Gaza, 2023-24 Grieve with the butchered gods of love for Layan…
A Poem for Refaat Alareer
A Poem for Refaat Alareer In the poem your butchers fear to breathe, the murdered…
Bliain an Áir – ‘The year of slaughter’ 1740-41
Bliain an Áir ‘The Year of Slaughter’, 1740-41 Around the earth, a warring, wooden sea…
Common Concerns: John Clare & Other Ghosts
There’s a strangeness to singing in a language you don’t understand, akin, perhaps, to the…
Poetry: Ciarán O’Rourke
Dutch Masters An age away, the scented evergreens are still, a lucent wave commits to…
Poem: Questioning A Tank
Questioning a Tank Into the shocked, shucked shell of the hospital at Kunduz, which for…
Nightmaring America: A Love Story
For a number of years now, I’ve been convinced (too fervently, in the opinion of…
Chambí’s World: Martín Chambi (1891-1973)
Before Ireland’s third pandemic lockdown began, in December 2020, I paid a visit to my…